1. Report on the use of GI in the NSI and NMA in Estonia Inge Nael (NSI)
Kristian Teiter (NMA)

2. NSI and NMA NSI- The Statistical Office of Estonia (SOE)
NMA- Estonian Land Board (ELB)

3. NMA is responsible for
Land reform
Cadastre – maintenance of the state base register about land parcels and property transactions
Cartography - coordination and implementation of national mapping programs and maintenance of spatial datasets
Geodesy – coordination of creation of the geodetic network and maintenance of geodetic database

4. Cadastral data are public
Data availability
Cadastral data are public
The use and price of digital topographic data are regulated by the corresponding procedure to be approved by the Minister of Environment.

5. Mapping projects
Estonian Basic Map – topographic digital database 1:10 000;
Estonian Base Map – GI digital database 1:50 000;
Estonian Soil Map – GI digital database 1:10 000;
Maps of urban areas – topographic digital databases 1:2000;
MapBSR - digital database 1: produced in international co-operation between the states within the Baltic Sea catchment area;
EuroGlobalMap – digital database 1: for the whole of Europe produced under EuroGeographics conforming to GlobalMap specifications.

6. Estonian Basic Map The Estonian Basic Map is a seamless digital
topographic database covering the whole
territory of Estonia and which contains
information on utilities (roads, electric power
lines, etc.), settlement, hydrography, relief,
place names and land use.
By the end of 2001, the digital mapping of 67% of Estonia´s territory will have been completed
The digital map covering the whole of Estonia is expected to be ready by the end of 2002.

7. Models of Spatial Data and ENTD
The aim of the project is to create preconditions
for maintaining spatial data of different state
registers and databases in Estonia in the same
system and allowing cross-reference between
them
ENTD is the Land Board’s GIS-database that contains topographic data collected during basic mapping.

8. Cadastral Information System
Data Registration (LAN-WAN application)
Public Services (WEB application)
Cadastral Unit (CU) information query for public user
Service called “Land Information for Public”

9. Data collection issues
Major providers of spatial data are private surveyors (cadastral data) and mapping companies (topographic data)
The collection of topographic data is mainly related to the Estonian Basic Map program and performed during mapping works

10. Changes over time
The digital map covering the whole of Estonia is expected to be ready by the end of 2002 and data will be converted into ENTD.
This will enable the updating processes to be accelerated and the updating period to be shortened.
The policy of data updating will be changed.

11. Thank You! Inge Nael, Inge.Nael@stat.ee
Kristian Teiter,