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First in Europe: geospatial datasets now cross borders seamlessly
The Location Europe platform combines various data sources and supports the development of location-based services.
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Glacier now several metres taller due to increased rain in Antarctica
A Finnish expedition installed devices in Antarctica that enable more accurate research on the movement of Earth's crust and glaciers. The Finnish research station in Aboa is now a top-tier infrastructure measuring hub that will facilitate research in the area long into future.
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Crash of the ERS-2 satellite also carefully monitored in Finland
It has been estimated that the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ERS-2 satellite, used for remote sensing, will crash into the Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday 21 February. The National Land Survey of Finland’s Finnish Geospatial Research Institute and the Finnish Meteorological Institute are closely involved in predicting and monitoring the movements of the resulting space debris.
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Postpone conversion of share certificates to registrations of ownership
At the NLS, there is significant congestion in apartment ownership registrations, as customers have started to transfer their share certificates to electronic systems in abundance, and the NLS’s additional resources have not yet relieved the situation.
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Customers satisfied with the NLS’s map image services
NLS’s customers are very satisfied with the map image services. Customers trust their availability, and the products received through the services respond to most users’ needs.
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Geospatial data as part of larger information assets in Europe
The INSPIRE Directive plays an increasingly important role in solving environmental and climate change-related challenges.
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Solutions for forest management through new research
Identifying trees in high detail using drones and maps will improve forest management in the future. The new research projects of the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) of the National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) and the UNITE competence centre develop innovative solutions for the collection of forest data and accurate harvesting.
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Expropriation to build a new power line from Vaala to Joroinen about to start
A new power line will be built from Vaala to Joroinen to transmit more electricity. The main grid company Fingrid is expropriating land use rights over a distance of 300 kilometres in accordance with the expropriation procedure.
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New owner: request a power of attorney to participate in shareholders’ meetings
Recently, the congestion caused by the new Residential and Commercial Property Information System and the impact of congestion at the National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) on the opportunities of new owners to participate in shareholders’ meetings have been hot topics in public dialogue.
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The National Land Survey promotes ten new acts of sustainability in 2024
The National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) has selected ten new acts of sustainability to be promoted this year.
Sustainability
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