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The Royal Danish Nautical Charts Archive () was a
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Navy department, responsible for making accurate
nautical charts
A nautical chart is a graphic representation of a sea area and adjacent coastal regions. Depending on the scale of the chart, it may show depths of water and heights of land (topographic map), natural features of the seabed, details of the coa ...
for the Danish government, primary the
Navy
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, for nearly 200 years. Its former building at Toldbodvej, now
Esplanaden, was also the first home of the
Danish Meteorological Institute
The Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI; da, Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut) is the official Danish meteorological institute, administrated by the Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate. The institute makes weather forecasts and observati ...
. The building was used as an extension office for Maersk Group services, but is being renovated and will soon house the Maersk Foundation offices.
History
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The Royal Danish Nautical Charts Archive was initiated by royal resolution of 25 October 1784, at the initiative of a naval captain,
Poul Løvenørn
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, who would also become the first director of the department. It was originally located on
Holmens Kanal
Holmens Kanal is a short street in central Copenhagen. Part of the main thoroughfare of the city centre, it extends from Kongens Nytorv for one block to a junction with a statue of Niels Juel where it turns right towards Holmens Bro while the thro ...
, next to
Holmen Church
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.
On 1 April 1973 the department, together with
Lodsvæsenet (the pilot service),
Fyrvæsenet (the lighthouse service) and
Redningsvæsenet (the rescue service), was merged into
Farvandsdirektoratet
The Danish Maritime Safety Administration (DaMSA) ( da, Farvandsvæsenet) was a department of the Danish Ministry of Defence with administration located in Christianshavn, Copenhagen. DaMSA operated throughout Denmark as part of the Danish Search ...
, in that process changing its name to ''Nautisk Afdeling'' and gaining a few more responsibilities. By royal resolution of 9 October 1987, the nautical chart production part was detached and combined with
Geodætisk Institut
Geodætisk Institut (1928–1987) was a Danish state-run cartographic institute.
It was created by law number 82, of 31 March 1928, combining Generalstabens Topografiske Afdeling and Den danske Gradmaaling, two institutions that did somewhat ov ...
and
Matrikeldirektoratet to form
Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen
The Danish Geodata Agency (GST) ( da, Geodatastyrelsen), (previously National Survey and Cadastre of Denmark ( da, Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen, short KMS)), is the Danish state owned central agency responsible for surveying, mapping and land regist ...
, where it today is a department called ''Søkortområdet''.
According to resolution of 1816, nautical charts produced by ''Søkortarkivet'' has no copyright expiration date. They are permanently copyright protected by the Danish government. This order is still valid according to the Danish copyright law § 92.
[Schønning, Peter (2008) ''Ophavsretsloven med kommentarer'', 4th ed. . Copenhagen: Forlaget Thomson, p. 746. .]
Directors
* 1784–1826
Poul Løvenørn
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* Poul Andersen (1922–2006), Danish printer
*Poul Anderson (1926–2001), American writer
*Poul Erik Andreasen (born 1949), Danish foot ...
* 1826–1853
Christian Christopher Zahrtmann
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* 1853–1888
Hans Peter Rothe
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* 1889–1898
Carl Frederick Wandel
Carl Frederik Wandel (15 August 1843 – 21 April 1930) was a Danish naval officer and polar explorer. He was largely involved in hydrographic work.
Wandel became an officer of the Danish Navy in 1863, rising to the rank of captain in 1892, of ...
* 1899–1909
Gustav Frederik Holm
Gustav Frederik Holm (6 August 1849 – 13 March 1940) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer born in Copenhagen. Career
He was made commander in the navy in 1899, was chief of the hydrographic bureau from 1899 to 1909, and became dire ...
* 1909–1919
Christian Bloch
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* 1919–1933
H. O. Ravn
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References
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