#2011-1371Decree No. 2011-1371 of October 27, 2011, Relating to the National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information
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The law establishes the National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information (IGN) in France, which is a public administrative institution under the supervision of the ministers responsible for sustainable development and forests. Its main purpose is to describe the national territory and land use, manage forest resource inventories, and provide geographic information to support environmental protection, national defense, and land development. The IGN is also tasked with creating a cohesive geodetic infrastructure and maintaining various geographic databases, which play a critical role in sustainable forest management and ecological monitoring.
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Key Changes
- Renaming the former 'Institut géographique national' to 'Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière' (IGN)
- Establishing a new governance structure with a board of directors and various committees
- Shifting the responsibility for forest resource inventory to the newly created IGN
Obligations
What this law requires
IGN must describe the national territory and land use from geometric and physical perspectives, and create and update the permanent inventory of national forest resources as required by article L. 521-1 of the forest code
IGN must design and maintain a coherent geodetic infrastructure consistent with international systems and manage the national geographic, gravimetric, and altimetric reference system
IGN must periodically renew aerial or satellite imagery coverage of the entire national territory
IGN must create and update the Large-Scale Reference System (RGE) across the entire territory with specific interoperable digital databases covering themes, geographic names, administrative units, addresses, cadastral parcels, transport networks, hydrography, altitude, land use, orthoimagery, and buildings
IGN must publish an annual report on the results of the permanent forest inventory