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Photogrammetric surveys
The department of photogrammetry is responsible for the photogrammetric stereo-compilation at different scales. These surveys are executed on high performance photogrammetric stations.
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| Planicomp instrument | Digital station |
Two kinds of survey are executed:
Surveys at medium scale
- Mainly intended for works of basic cartography at scale 1:50 000 and for supplying the topographic data base.
- Scale of photographs: 1:40 000° for the surveys at 1:25 000; 1:60 000° for the revision surveys of base map
at 1:50 000° and 1:75 000 for the base survey at 1:50 000.
Surveys at large scale
The INCT execute the surveys on large scales for the institutions, national and foreigner research department:
- Surveys at 1:1 000 for the needs of cadastre, Sonelgaz;
- Surveys at 1:2 000 mainly for the habitation ministry ;
- Surveys at 1:5 000 irrigation, barrages roads projects ...
These surveys are available on paper, support and in digital form.


