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LMO Description
Organisation Finnish Geodetic Institute
Details
Level of authority National
Finland
Formal Mandate The Finnish Geodetic Institute (FGI), founded in 1918, is a research
institute for the mapping sciences residing under the Ministry of
Agriculture and Forestry.
Main Activities The Finnish Geodetic Institute shall deal with the basic scientific
measurements for Finnish mapping and with metrology of
geospatial information and engage in research work in the fields of
geodesy, geoinformatics and remote sensing and related sciences.
The task of the institute shall also be to foster the introduction of
geodetic, geoinformatics and remote sensing methods and
equipment in the acquisition and processing of geospatial
information in particular.
LMO URL www.fgi.fi 
Comments
LMO CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact Person Tapani Sarjakoski
Organisation Finnish Geodetic Institute
Function
Address P. O. Box 15, FIN-02431 Masala
Country FINLAND 
Tel +358-0-29555206
Fax +358-0-29555200 
PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT
Which role(s) do you foresee for the LMO in INSPIRE development
  1. allocate experts to Drafting Teams
  2. submit reference material as input to the Drafting Teams
  3. participate in the review process
  4. implement pilot projects to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules
  5. contribute to awareness raising and training
Area of work/experience
Geographic Domain: National
Description of geographic extent: Finland
Societal Sector central government, research
Specific Expertise
Metadata
Data Specifications
Network services
INSPIRE Data Themes
Theme UserProducerCoordinator
Coordinate reference systems    
Geographical grid systems    
Elevation  
Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development Co ordination of the GiMoDig project, in which geospatial network services and harmonisation / on-the-fly schema translation were in a substantial role.
Primary Business  
Environmental application domains  

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