Danish Geodata Agency

Danish Geodata Agency

Geodatastyrelsen
Logo of Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen
Agency overview
Formed	10 September 1987; 36 years ago (1987-09-10)
Jurisdiction	Government of Denmark
Headquarters	Lindholm Brygge 31, 9400 Nørresundby 3V8X+2Q
Employees	~117 civilians
Annual budget	340 million DKK (2013)
Minister responsible	Dan Jørgensen, Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities
Agency executive	Pia Dahl Højgaard, Director-general
Parent department	Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities
Website	eng.gst.dk

The Danish Geodata Agency (GST) (Danish: Geodatastyrelsen), (previously National Survey and Cadastre of Denmark (Danish: Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen, KMS)), is the Danish state owned central agency responsible for surveying, mapping and land registering of all of Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and all waters associated with these. Geodatastyrelsen is an agency under the Danish Ministry of the Environment.^[1]

The overall goal of Geodatastyrelsen is to supply and ensure that everyone in the Danish society has access to reliable and accurate maps and information on all parts of the Realm.

Until 31 December 2004, KMS was a Sector research institute for the Ministry of the Environment in the fields of seismology, geodynamic and geodesy.

The seismology part was detached on 1 July 2004 and moved under the responsibility of Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS). On 1 January 2005, the geodesy part was detached and together with Danish Space Research Institute it formed Danish National Space Center.