| Survey
Department (Background) |
| Survey Department
was established in B.S. 2014 as a central mapping agency.
The general objectives of the Department are to prepare
maps indigenously and to fulfill the various mapping
needs of Government of Nepal. |
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| In its early
days, the activities of Survey Department were focused
mainly on cadastral mapping to assist in the collection
of land revenue. In B.S. 2019, legislation was passed
and revised in B.S. 2021 to allow the Department to
prepare maps and land registers, which helped not only
to assess the revenue, but also to give the individual
right to his land. |
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| In its early
days, the activities of Survey Department were focused
mainly on cadastral mapping to assist in the collection
of land revenue. In B.S. 2019, legislation was passed
and revised in B.S. 2021 to allow the Department to
prepare maps and land registers, which helped not only
to assess the revenue, but also to give the individual
right to his land. |
| Activities/Objectives |
| Following
are the objectives of Survey Department : |
To establish a national network of control points throughout
the country.
To study crustal movement to help to predict natural
disaster.
To establish the geoidal surface of Nepal and help to
find the parameters in establishing the location
of Nepal in the Earth's surface.
To prepare cadastral plans of all the districts of the
Kingdom.
To prepare land database and provide land registers
when land transaction take place.
To prepare topographical base maps.
To take aerial photography for various developmental
planning and mapping works.
To prepare administrative and land resource maps.
To
establish National Topographical Database, as well as
multi-resolution topographical database.
To
carry out international boundary survey works and to
fulfill other international commitments of
Nepal regarding surveying and mapping.
To carry out land use zoning for planning.
To co-ordinate of surveying, mapping remote sensing
and GIS activities in Nepal with other agencies.
To update the various maps and data prepared by the
department.
To provide maps, aerial photographs, geodetic data,
and other related data required for planning
developmental, educational, administrative and research
works by other agencies in Nepal. |
| Organizational
structure |
| The Department
consists of three Branches to undertake jobs of specific
specializations, nine survey parties (Survey Goswaras)
and survey offices in each of the 75 districts of the
country. |
| Branches |
| Geodetic
Survey Branch |
| This branch
(Previously known as Trigonometrical Survey Branch )
was created in B.S. 2026 to help in establishing a network
of trigonometrical points or control points for cadastral
mapping works. These control points are now used, not
only to tie in various maps to the national control
network system, but also, to study the crustal movements
of the Himalayas. |
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| This branch
is involved in the measurement of geodetic data of the
country and is presently involved in the preparation
of a geoidal model for Nepal. Its other responsibilities
include taking GPS observations, establishing higher
order control points, establishing leveling network
in the country, taking astronomical and gravity measurements.
Various Geodetic research works have been undertaken
through this branch. It has established eleven absolute
gravity stations in the country in a North-South sector,
several GPS tracking stations. It has been taking supplementary
observations at regular intervals. These tracking stations
are taking continuous GPS measurements in different
parts of the country for tracking the crustal movement
of the Indian plate towards the Himalayas. |
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| Cadastral
Survey Branch |
| This branch
was created in 2039 B.S. The branch deals with land
property mapping, maintaining property records, identifying
and types and scientific maintenance of records for
LIS use. This branch also has nine units called Goswaras,
which are involved in the cadastral mapping and re-mapping
works in the district. |
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| Topographical
Survey Branch |
| To
prepare diverse kinds of thematic, political, administrative
and topographical maps, Topographical Survey Branch
was established in B.S. 2032. This
branch publishes a variety of maps aimed at a diverse
section of users ranging from the Governmental to
different projects. It conducts field surveys for
the identification of the country's international
boundaries. This branch prepares, revises, updates
and prints all thematic, political, administrative,
topographical and land use maps. It provides service
to its users by providing aerial photographs, topo-maps
national atlas and other related data for planning
and development activities, research work and education
purposes. |
| A brief
outline follows like this |
| Mapping
Committee The mapping committee
consists of a chairperson (the Secretary of Ministry
of Land Reform and Management), a member secretary
(the Director General of the Survey Department) and
6 other members (the representatives of the Ministry
of Home, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Ministry of Law, justice and Parliamentary
Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Department of Geography
of Tribhuvan University). |
SAARC
Networking Arrangement on Cartography (SNAC)
International Steering Committee for Global Mapping
(ISCGM)
Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia
and the Pacific (PCGIAP)
Asian Association on Remote Sensing (AARS)
International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
Asia Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF)
Groups on Earth Observations (GEO)
Geographic Spatial Data Infrastructure Association
(GSDIA)
For More Information Visit
http://www.dos.gov.np |
