Foundation of positioning and basic spatial data

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s administrative branch is responsible for the foundation of positioning and basic spatial data, aiming to ensure nationwide location interoperability of spatial data and provide a sector-independent set of basic spatial data products and services for general use. Finnish Geospatial Research Institute at the National Land Survey aims for internationally high-quality geospatial research and development that supports core operations, ensures expertise, and provides geospatial data know-how to other sectors while enabling Finnish business. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry serves as the contact point to the European Commission as defined in Article 19 of the INSPIRE Directive (2007/2/EC).