In the Hungarian Institutional structure FÖMI, acting under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development, is the civil national, governmental body that performs operational, technical and administrative as well as research and development tasks of surveying, mapping and remote sensing. It is responsible for the supervision of government contracts in mapping and cadastre. Main activities of FÖMI are as follows:
Approximately 60 000 cadastral map sheets cover Hungary from scale 1:1000 to 1:4000. Part of the sheets are in different projections, mapping systems and datums (Uniform National, stereographical, cylindrical etc. projection systems). About 4 % of the sheets are available in digital form.
In 1997 started the National Cadastre Programme. The aim of the program is to produce digital cadastral maps for an area of 3 million hectares coming from land privatisation. This programme is being separately funded by the Ministerial Commissioner's Office for National Cadastre Programme, from credit budget guaranteed by the Hungarian Government.
The performance is based on using a euroconform national standard MSZ 7772-1:1997 on digital base map and the respectively suited instructions.
Administrative Boundaries Database of Hungary Data capture of administrative boundary sites (according to EUROSTAT compatible NUTS level) based on surveyed co-ordinates is in progress in co-operation with Land Offices, co-ordinated by FÖMI. The database can be used in statistics, regional planning, as well as agricultural and land related management.
Topographic Mapping
In line with the Act on Surveying and Mapping Activities that came into force 1 March, 1997 responsibility for topographic maps is divided between Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development, Department of Lands and Mapping (MoARD/DLM) and the Mapping Agency of the Hungarian Defence Forces (MA of HDF) as follows:
The status of the topographic map sheets in the Uniform National Mapping System (EOTR) ordered by MoARD is as follows:
The revision of these maps is inevitable with special attention to the 1:10 000 scale sheets. In frame of the EU-Harmonisation Programme of the Ministry of Agriculture, the 1:100 000 scale EOTR sheets have been digitized. Recently, the following products of the Digital Topographic Database (DTT-100) are available:
| contour lines (84 sheets, 100%), | |
| planimetry 84 sheets, 100%), | ||
| hydrography (84 sheets, 100%), | ||
| colour prints (84 sheets, 100%), | ||
| contour lines (84 sheets, 100%), | |
| planimetry (58 sheets, 70%), | ||
| hydrography (58 sheets, 70%), | ||
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Recently a Hungarian Topographic Program (MToP) is being prepared in co-operation of the civilian and military mapping and some non-governmental organisations.
Database of Geographical Names (FNT)
FÖMI is also responsible for the registration and supply of officially approved geographical names. The FNT database contains about 80 000 names of administrative units, relief, hydrography, natural conservancy areas shown in the 1:100 000 topographic map series.
Remote Sensing
Mission of the FÖMI Remote Sensing Centre (FÖMI RSC) is the research and development of technology for the application of remote sensing (RS) mainly in the areas of agriculture and environmental protection/nature conservation and to provide an efficient service as the National Distributor in the distribution, processing and utilisation of satellite and aerial remote sensing data. FÖMI RSC distributes all European, American and Russian satellite images and has contracts with EUROIMAGE, SPOTIMAGE and the Russian Space Agency.
A major contract was signed in 1993 between FÖMI RSC, the National Committee for Technological Development and the Ministry of Agriculture. The aim of the contract was to develop an experimental RS-based crop-monitoring system that can be efficiently used at local, county and national level. The National Crop Monitoring Project has given long term results in main thematic areas of crop monitoring, identification and mapping, area estimation, crop stage and development assessment, and yield prediction.
Participation in CORINE Land Cover Programme
The European Union's CORINE Land Cover project has been executed in Central and Eastern Europe as part of the PHARE Regional Environmental Programme. The project consists of mapping the land cover at scale 1:100 000 in accordance with a standard European nomenclature (44 categories). The methodology relies on interpretation of satellite images and storing the results in Geographic Information System. The database represents a basic tool for studies on the environment, impact assessment and regional planning. FÖMI Remote Sensing Centre is responsible for the implementation of the CORINE Land Cover project in Hungary, along with the co-ordination of the Ministry of Environment. As product of the project the 1:100 000 satellite image maps are available for the users in digital as well as in colour hard copy format, for the entire country.
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