IGN France International : geographic information engineering

IGN France International, subsidiary of the French National Geographic Institute (IGN), is recognised worldwide as a key player in geographic information engineering. It is involved in the setting up of projects and offers its expertise to foreign policy makers and French companies that are active in export. 
Its core business - geodesy, metrology, cartography, databases, GIS and web portals - targets the following fields of activity: cadastre - land assessment, environment, agriculture, security, energy... 

Land tenure security at the service of social peace and the development of the African continent

IGN France International attended a land conference organized by the International Union of Notaries (UINL) on January 25th and 26th at Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).

The topic of the regional seminar « Land tenure security at the service of social peace and the development of the African continent » was an opportunity to focus on the importance of the land title as a factor of economic growth and social stability.

NGP Gabon: IGN France International presented the results of the pilot projects during a final seminar

Gabon is a country full of mineral and environmental resources. The country wishes to develop an appropriate economic strategy that will allow them to benefit from these resources without destroying or depleting them, all the while striving towards well balanced management of the territory. It is with this in mind that the President of the Republic created the priority sectors of Green Gabon, Gabon Services and Industrial Gabon within his societal “Emerging Gabon” programme. In order to better accompany this strategic vision, the General Directorate of the Budget initiated the National Geomatic Plan (NGP).

Capacity building in Senegal: a successful endeavor!

In December of 2010, IGN France International won an important European Union tender for the completion of an urban mapping database for the seven main cities of Senegal (Dakar, Thiès, Mbour, Saly, Louga, Kaolack and St-Louis).

Scheduled to last for 25 months, this project boasts production that is entirely executed locally thanks to a heavy capacity building phase. Today, thanks to the progressive climb in efficiency that the teams have managed to implement, the endeavour is well on its way to becoming a successful one.

THE FRENCH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE (IGN) BECOMES THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC AND FORESTRY INFORMATION

Since January 1, 2012 the IGN (the French National Geographic Institute) has become the National Institute of Geographic and Forestry Information. This new organisation will be responsible for the implementation of the French national geographic information infrastructure and will also strive to provide information relative to the fields of ecology, energy, forestry, land use planning and climate change.

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