Cartography
Topographic Mapping
Objective
It encompasses the group of procedures aimed at representing the Brazilian territory, in a systematic way, through a series of general, continuous, homogeneous and connected maps, elaborated in a selective and progressive manner, in accordance with urgent demands, in the standard scales of 1:1 000 000, 1:250 000, 1:100 000, 1:50 000 and 1:25 000.
Interdependence
- Within the Institute: Cartography; Territory Structures, Geography, Population, Agriculture, Economy and Services Statistics; Geodetics.
- Out of the Institute: Ministry of the Army - Directorate of Geographic Service; Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Commissions of Limit Demarcation); other governmental organizations; public companies; aerial survey companies; INPE; SUDENE.
Use of Information
- Within the Institute: National Cartographic System; geodetic surveys; composition of the Digital Topographic Map Service (conversion of cartographic documents into digital files); mapping of territorial units (State, Municipality, Other) municipal graph file (territorial units limits); Special Areas graph files (special areas limits); study of the political-administrative division; thematic mapping; identification and classification of states, territories and municipalities benefited with petroleum royalties, located on the costal zone; prospects of agricultural harvests, among others.
- Out of the institute: Users are the Ministry of the Army; Directorate of Geographic Services; Superintendence of Regional Development (SUDENE, SUDAM, etc); other governmental organizations; public and private companies; public service suppliers (water, electricity, etc) public and private educational institutions.
Applicability
Help in thematic and special mapping; help in aerial, road and railroad mapping; help in planning at different levels; legislation of regional and sector territorial structures; basis for pre-projects of engineering; basis for environmental projects; country self-protection; studies and governmental projects; urban development projects; register and government pre-projects; geographic positioning and guidance.