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Address Calle del Gral. Ibáñez de Ibero, 3, 28003 Madrid, Spain Hours Closed now Monday9AM–2PMTuesday9AM–2PMWednesday9AM–2PMThursday9AM–2PMFriday9AM–2PMSaturdayClosedSunday(Father's Day)Closed Similar CNIG ‑ National Center for, Geological and Mining Institute, National Library of Spain, Registro Mercantil Central, Archivo Histórico Nacional Profiles | ||
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 Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica (CNIG).
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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
References
Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Spain) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA