National Mapping Bureau

The National Mapping Bureau is responsible for providing mapping products and services in Papua New Guinea .
The Bureau has three main functions within the Department of Lands and Physical Planning and these are:

1. Standard Mapping

• Mapping
• Photo Lithography

2. Map Revision (refered to as Remote Sensing)

• Map Revision
• Aerial Photography & Satellite Imagery

3. Map Sales

• Map Marketing and Sales

The Bureau sells a wide range of paper products, and provides other mapping services to land information industry. It also provides new products for Planning and Management purposes at Provincial and District levels. This is a new product derived from 1: 250 000 Topographic Base Map and it includes the 1998 and 2000 GPS data (villages, schools, aidposts, airstrips, roads and bridges) and Administration Boundaries in the form of (a) Provincial Map (A0) and larger paper - 19 provinces. (b) District Maps (A1 and A0) - 89 Districts of PNG. Below is a list of what the Bureau offers to the public:  

Hard Copy Products
- Standard Topographic Maps	- PNG General Reference map	- ONC (Operational Nautical Charts) and TPC (Tactical Pilot Charts)
- Photo Mosaic Maps	- Aerial Photography	- Satellite Imagery
Specialised Technical Services
- Photo mosaicing	- Satellite Imagery Registration and Interpretation	- Business Cards
- Lithographic Services including printing	- Guillotining	- Laminating Services to A0 size paper
Digital Map Products (on CD of Floppy Diskette)
- Topographic map series Scale 1: 250 000	- TPC Scale 1:500 000	- GPS Data (locations of villages, schools, health facilities, airstrips, roads and bridges)

For more information please do not hesitate to contact us .