Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Spain)
Headquarters (Madrid).
Casa del Mapa.
The Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), or National Geographic Institute is a Spanish government agency, dependent on the Spanish Ministry of Public Works. It is the national mapping agency for Spain, together with the (CNIG).
Roles[]
The IGN is responsible for:
- Astronomic observations and research
- Observation and maintenance of the national geodetic networks
- Making and updating the cartography for the country
- Making and maintaining the IDEE or Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales de España, the Spanish Spatial Data Infrastructure
- R&D and application of teledetection systems
- Geophysics and gravimetry
- Seismographic and volcanic activity analysis
General directors[]
- Rodolfo Núñez de las Cuevas (1974–1980)
- Julio Morencos Tevar (1980–1983)
- Emilio Murcia Navarro (1983–1984)
- Ángel Arévalo Barroso (1985–1994)
- José Teófilo Serrano Beltrán (1994–1995)
- Ricardo Díaz Zoido (1995–1996)
- José Antonio Canas Torres (1996–2002)
- Alberto Sereno Álvarez (2002-2012)
- Amador Elena Córdoba (from 2012)
External links[]
Media related to Instituto Geográfico Nacional (España) at Wikimedia Commons
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