The Department of Survey of Sri Lanka (also known as the Department of the Surveyor General) (
Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා මිනින්දෝරු දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Minindoru Departhamenthuwa'') is a
non-ministerial government department
Non-ministerial government departments (NMGDs) are a type of department of the United Kingdom government that deal with matters for which direct political oversight has been judged unnecessary or inappropriate. They are headed by senior civil se ...
in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. Established on 2 August 1800, it is the oldest unchanged government department in the country. 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
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ping Project organised by the International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM). The head of the department is
Surveyor General of Sri Lanka
Surveyor General of Sri Lanka is the head of Department of Survey (Sri Lanka), 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 of B ...
.
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National mapping agencies