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IGN benchmark at Saint Goussaud, Limousin, France, by Institut Geographique National. The IGN is responsible for the management and updating of: geodetic and levelling networks, aerial photographs, geographical databases and maps. It has to lead research, and to take part in the standardization process in the field of geographical information ...
Géoportail is a comprehensive web mapping service of the French government that publishes maps and geophysical aerial photographs from more than 90 sources for France and its territories. The service, first developed by two public agencies (the IGN and the BRGM), was officially inaugurated on 23 June 2006 by president Jacques Chirac.
Hand-drawn map of one side of the Valley of Vesdre by French geographers (led by the Cassini family) from 1745 to 1748. In France, the first general maps of the territory using a measuring apparatus were made by the Cassini family during the 18th century on a scale of 1:86,400 (one centimeter on the chart corresponds to approximately 864 meters on the ground).
Own work based on: France location map-Regions and departements.svg. Shoreline and international boundaries: World Data Base II (public domain) ; Internal boundaries: taken from Contours des départements français (Mercator).svg (re-projected) created by user:Wagner51 with free IGN data. Author
Jean Robert, Histoire des transports dans les villes de France, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1974; Jean Robert, Les tramways parisiens, 2e édition, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1969; For current and old line layouts: OpenStreetMap and Remonter le temps (IGN) In some cases, these sources do not agree, or are imprecise.
Even though IGN France International does not sell "off-the-shelf" items, it offers a range of products that it adapts to the specific needs of its clients. The company thus positions itself in the 3D market in the field of urbanisation , cartographic production chains or business applications in the field of land and property management.
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Versailles on the Cassini map. The Cassini Map or Academy's Map is the first topographic and geometric map made of the Kingdom of France as a whole. It was compiled by the Cassini family, mainly César-François Cassini (Cassini III) and his son Jean-Dominique Cassini (Cassini IV) in the 1700s.