EuroGeographics Welcomes New Member from Turkey

by | Jun 3, 2015

June 3, 2015 ” The General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre, Turkey is the latest organisation to become a full member of EuroGeographics. EuroGeographics' members approved the application at their Extraordinary General Assembly held recently in Belgium which was attended by delegates from more than 23 countries.

As a result, the membership association for the European National Mapping, Land Registry and Cadastral Authorities now represents 61 organisations from 46 countries “ the whole of geographical Europe.

Mr Davut Güney, General Director, General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre under the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning, Turkey said: We share EuroGeographics' vision of a society which makes decisions informed by accurate, authoritative and quality-assured land and geo-information data, services and expertise. We are currently implementing INSPIRE and value the opportunity to share our experiences.

Mrs Ingrid Vanden Berghe, President of EuroGeographics said: We are delighted to welcome Mr Güney and his colleagues to the Association. Our membership continues to grow as organisations recognise the benefits of exchanging expertise, being represented at a range of regional, Europe-wide and global events and participating in important initiatives such as the European Location Framework (ELF) Project.

Founded almost 170 years ago, General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre serves 20 million citizens and carries out 7 million transactions a year. It was also one of the organisers of the World Cadastre Summit, Congress and Exhibition which concluded with the signing of a 22-article Istanbul Cadastre Declaration.

The organisation now joins General Command of Mapping, Ministry of Defence, which has been a full member of EuroGeographics since it was founded in 2000

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