The National Survey and Cadastre of Denmark (Danish: Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen), short KMS, is the Danish state owned central agency responsible for surveying, mapping and land registering of all of Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and all waters associated with these. KMS is an agency under the Danish Ministry of the Environment.
The overall goal of KMS is to supply and insure that all in the Danish society has access to reliable and accurate maps and information on all parts of the Realm.
Until 31 December 2004 KMS was a Sector research institute for the Ministry of the Environment in the fields of seismology, geodynamic and geodesy. The seismology part was detached on 1 July 2004 and moved under the responsibility of Danmarks og Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse (GEUS). On 1 January 2005 the geodesy part was detached and together with Danish Space Research Institute it formed Danish National Space Center.
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