Georeference base cadastre management delegated to SSVA
2023/09/14The Government approved the delegation of the implementation functions of the Law on Geodesy and Cartography, which are currently performed by the State Enterprise Agricultural Data Centre (ŽŪDC), to the Construction Sector Development Agency (SSVA).
The functions to be delegated to the Agency as of 1 January 2024 include the maintenance and development of the Georeference base cadastre, the Lithuanian Spatial Information Portal, the National GNSS reference network (LitPOS) and the Topographic information system for engineering infrastructure (large scale) information exchange (TIIIS).
From next year, the Agency will also carry out geodesy and cartography of the state border of the Republic of Lithuania, as well as the creation and updating of spatial data sets.
The policy-making functions in the areas of geodesy, cartography, management of spatial data sets, which were carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture, have been transferred to the Ministry of the Environment as of 4 January 2023; however, a part of the functions of implementation of this policy are still carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture.
The Government's decision was adopted in order to ensure consistency in the implementation of the policy on geodesy and cartography.