The Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying of Austria (, BEV) is the body responsible for official
surveying
Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the land, terrestrial Plane (mathematics), two-dimensional or Three-dimensional space#In Euclidean geometry, three-dimensional positions of Point (geom ...
,
geo-information and weights and measures (
metrology
Metrology is the scientific study of measurement. It establishes a common understanding of Unit of measurement, units, crucial in linking human activities. Modern metrology has its roots in the French Revolution's political motivation to stan ...
) in
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
. It belongs to the ' (Federal Ministry of the Economy Location and Digitization). Its headquarters is in
Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...
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 MurEisenstadtFeldbachFreistadtGänserndorf
GmündGmundenGrazImstInnsbruckJudenburgKlagenfurtKorneuburgKrems an der DonauKufsteinLeibnitzLienzNeusiedl am SeeOberwartRied im InnkreisRohrbachSalzburgSpittal an der DrauSt. Johann im PongauSt. PöltenSteyrVillachVöcklabruckVöklermarktWeizWelsWienWiener NeustadtZell am See
List of Calibration offices
Wien
Krems
EisenstadtGraz
Klagenfurt
Linz
Salzburg
Innsbruck
Bregenz
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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