Survey of
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
() is the sole national mapping and land surveying
government agency
A government agency or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government (bureaucracy) that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, s ...
of
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
. Its head of department is titled as "
Surveyor General of Pakistan".
About Survey of Pakistan
Survey of Pakistan, which emerged as successor to pre-partition Royal
Survey of India
The Survey of India is India's central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying.[Geographic Information System
A geographic information system (GIS) consists of integrated computer hardware and Geographic information system software, software that store, manage, Spatial analysis, analyze, edit, output, and Cartographic design, visualize Geographic data ...]
.
Mission
To delineate and demarcate International Borders, carry out topographic survey, prepare national geographical data base and publish maps of Pakistan Type
Geology, Mineralogy, Geography,
and Earth Sciences
Functions
To survey, print and publish topographical maps of cis-frontier terrain of Pakistan on scale 1:50,000 and derived maps on scales 1:250,000 and 1:1,000,000 for general public use and the defence forces of Pakistan. To establish and maintain geodetic network in the entire country. To delineate and demarcate international borders of Pakistan. To carry out cantonment surveys and others surveys on any desired scale which government / semi government/ autonomous bodies may demand. In addition to above maps preparation of other derived products like Provincial,
District
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
, Tehsil maps, Guide maps, Street Maps. A ~ Z Maps and Atlases of desired information for national development projects and general public. To establish and maintain National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) of Pakistan.
Regional Offices
* Geographic Information Centre,
Lahore
Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...
.
* Geographic Information Centre,
Peshawar
Peshawar is the capital and List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district p ...
.
* Geographic Information Centre,
Karachi
Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...
.
* Geographic Information Centre,
Quetta
Quetta is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It is the ninth largest city in Pakistan, with an estimated population of over 1.6 million in 2024. It is situated in the south-west of the country, lying in a ...
.
Specialized
* Directorate of Technical & Coordination, Rawalpindi.
* Directorate of Printing & Geodesy, Rawalpindi.
* Directorate of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Rawalpindi.
* Directorate of Cartography & GIS, Rawalpindi.
Training
* Survey Training Institute,
Islamabad
Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Bu ...
.
* Directorate of Training & Research, Rawalpindi.
See also
*
Surveyor General of Pakistan
*
Geological Survey of Pakistan
Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP) is an independent executive scientific agency to explore the natural resources of Pakistan. Main tasks GSP perform are Geological, Geophysical and Geo-chemical Mapping of Pakistan. Target of these mapping are r ...
References
External links
* Officia
Website
Pakistan federal departments and agencies
Geography of Pakistan
Geographic societies
Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)
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