The Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying of Austria (german: Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, BEV) is the body responsible for official
surveying
Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. A land surveying professional is ca ...
,
geo-information
Geographic data and information is defined in the ISO/TC 211 series of standards as data and information having an implicit or explicit association with a location relative to Earth (a geographic location or geographic position).
It is also cal ...
and weights and measures (
metrology
Metrology is the scientific study of measurement. It establishes a common understanding of units, crucial in linking human activities. Modern metrology has its roots in the French Revolution's political motivation to standardise units in Fran ...
) in
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
. It belongs to the ' (Federal Ministry of the Economy Location and Digitization). Its headquarters is in
Vienna
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and it has 67 branches spread across all the Austrian federal states.
''Über das BEV''
at www.bev.gv.at. Accessed on 30 Dec 10.
List of Surveying offices
AmstettenBadenBludenzBraunau am InnBregenzBruck an der MurEisenstadtFeldbachFreistadtGänserndorfGmündGmundenGrazImstInnsbruckJudenburgKlagenfurtKorneuburgKrems an der DonauKufsteinLeibnitzLienzNeusiedl am SeeOberwartRied im InnkreisRohrbachSalzburgSpittal an der DrauSt. Johann im PongauSt. PöltenSteyrVillachVöcklabruckVöklermarktWeizWelsWienWiener NeustadtZell am See
List of Calibration offices
WienKremsEisenstadtGrazKlagenfurtLinzSalzburgInnsbruckBregenz
See also
* (List of) national mapping agencies
References
External links
BEV's digital map of Austria
BEV home page
Weights and Measures at the BEV
BEV's organization chart
Geodesy organizations
National mapping agencies
Standards organisations in Austria
Surveying organizations
Metrology
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