The Hellenic Military Geographical Service or HMGS ( el, Γεωγραφική Υπηρεσία Στρατού or Γ.Υ.Σ.), is the Hellenic Military's mapping agency.

History

Established in 1889 as the “Geodetic Mission” with the purpose of compiling the “Topographic and Cadastral Map of the Country”, the service acquired its current name in 1926. Today it supports both the

Greek Army The Hellenic Army ( el, Ελληνικός Στρατός, Ellinikós Stratós, sometimes abbreviated as ΕΣ), formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece. The term ''Hellenic'' is the endogenous synonym for ''Greek''. The Hellenic Army is the ...

and the general public with cartographic products. From 1966 until the 1980s, the service housed the

Armed Forces Information Service The Armed Forces Information Service ( el, Υπηρεσία Ενημερώσεως Ενόπλων Δυνάμεων, ΥΕΝΕΔ, ''Ypiresia Enimeroseos Enoplon Dynameon'', ''YENED'') was the television and radio station of the Greek Armed Forces, ope ...

, Greece's second state-run broadcaster alongside the

National Radio Foundation The National Radio Foundation ( el, Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ραδιοφωνίας, ΕΙΡ, ''Ethniko Idryma Radiofonias'', EIR), was the main public state broadcaster of Greece from 1945 until 1970. The agency was founded in 1945, following lib ...

Maps

City plans

HMGS supplies City Plans of scales 1:5.000, 1:10.000 and 1:25.000 in Greek and Latin series *1:5.000 scale: covers 20 cities in

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

*1:10.000 scale: covers 16 cities in

Topographic maps

HMGS produces and supplies topographic maps of various scales that cover the whole country and occasionally parts of neighbouring countries. Not all maps noted below are available to the public, since part of them is confidential and available only upon approval of HMGS. Although not a state monopoly and not very famous among hikers, certainly HMGS maps have a much wider coverage in small scales than commercial leisure maps. The maps use the

Hellenic Geodetic Reference System 1987 The Hellenic Geodetic Reference System 1987 or HGRS87 ( el, Ελληνικό Γεωδετικό Σύστημα Αναφοράς 1987 or ΕΓΣΑ'87) is a geodetic system commonly used in Greece (SRID=2100). The system specifies a local geodetic da ...

(HGRS87 or ΕΓΣΑ'87) which specifies a Transverse Mercatorial Projection mapping Greece in one zone. *1:25.000 scale - 26 maps available for regions near

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

*1:50.000 scale - approximately 385 maps *1:100.000 scale - around 130 maps available *1:250.000 scale - 32 maps available *1:500.000 scale - 10 maps available *1:1.000.000 scale - 5 maps available

Availability

The products and services of HMGS are not available in the market. They can either be purchased using the e-shop of the service or collected from the offices of the service upon submitting the relevant request form.http://web.gys.gr/portal/page?_pageid=33,36288&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

References

External links

Official site (in Greek and English)
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