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The department is responsible for national surveying and mapping. It is also the national focal point of GIS and Remote Sensing with representation in the Global Mapping Project organised by the International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM). The head of the department is Surveyor General of Sri Lanka. [2]
Surveyor General of Sri Lanka is the head of Department of Survey of Sri Lanka. The post was established on 2 August 1800 with the formation of the Surveyor General's Department by a proclamation of Governor Frederick North at Galle .
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[2] he carried out many excavations in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) for the Archaeological Survey during an appointment running from 1890 to 1912 and claimed to dig treasures hidden in the Sigiriya and sent to England. [3] After retirement, he also investigated the archaeology and epigraphy of the Maldives, where he had been earlier in his life.
He graduated from the University of Ruhuna with a degree in physical science, before joining the Survey Department of Sri Lanka in 1983, as an Assistant Superintendent of Surveys. [3] He obtained a higher diploma in surveying from the Institute of Surveying and Mapping, Diyatalawa , and was awarded a gold medal by the Sri Lanka Surveyors ...
Brohier was born in Colombo Fort on 5 October 1892. He received his education at the Colombo Academy and at the Ceylon Technical College, where he studied surveying, having entered in 1909. In 1910, he joined the Survey Department as a supernumerary surveyor and was the first Ceylonese surveyor in the
In 2007, he also wrote Ancient and Early Maps, the 2nd edition of the National Atlas of Sri Lanka, which was later published by the Survey Department of Sri Lanka. In 2009, he co-published Sri Lankan Painting in the 20th Century , an introduction to contemporary painting, in collaboration with Albert Dharmasiri.
When the Survey Department was formed in August 1800, Schneider was appointed principal surveyor of Colombo. He acted as Surveyor-General for a brief period when Atkinson left the colony on leave in preparation for his retirement. Schneider continued in an acting capacity following Atkinson's retirement for seven years before his appointment ...