Military Geographic Service (Bulgarian Army)
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The Military Geographic Servicegeodetic network, and providing topographic and geographic data, digital products and information to the Armed Forces, government institutions and private users.[2] According to the 2006 Law of Geodesy and Cartography, the areas subject to such mapping comprise the country’s territory as well as the area of the Bulgarian base in Antarctica.[3]
The mapping activities of the Service are carried out by its Military Geographic Centre based in the city of
Robert Island, Rugged Island, Snow Island and Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica,[4] and the 2016 large scale topographic map of the Bulgarian Antarctic base St. Kliment Ohridski.[5]
Notes
- ^ 10th Anniversary of GIS Day. Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine ESRI Bulgaria. 19 November 2008
- ^ Survey of key GI players within Europe. Archived 2012-03-03 at the Wayback Machine GINIE: Geographical Information Network in Europe. 11 November 2003.
- ^ Law of Geodesy and Cartography. Archived 2009-03-04 at the Wayback Machine State Gazette # 29, 7 April 2006
- ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4)
- ^ Antarctica, South Shetland Islands, Livingston Island: Bulgarian Antarctic Base. Sheets 1 and 2. Scale 1:2000 topographic map. Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Agency, 2016. (in Bulgarian)
References
- Ivanov, L. and N. Ivanova. Antarctic: Nature, History, Utilization, Geographic Names and Bulgarian Participation. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2014. 368 pp. (in Bulgarian) ISBN 978-619-90008-1-6