Real property
Learn what you need to know when completing a property purchase or apply for a cadastral survey.
Welcome to use our services
Information about the NLS
We perform cadastral surveys, maintain information about properties and dwellings, handle registrations of title and mortgages, produce map data and promote the research of spatial data.
Our online services
You can, for example, carry out all the steps needed for completing a property purchase online, take a look at property boundaries or download open data. In our map services you can look at or buy maps. We are providing more and more services online.
Most popular services
Register your ownership of a property
Register your ownership of a property by applying for a pro forma registration of title.
Who owns this property unit?
To find out who owns a property, you must know its property identifier.
Property Transaction Service
You can convey your own property, apply for mortgages or a transfer of electronic mortgage deeds.
MapSite
Look at topographic maps, aerial photos, property identifiers and property boundaries. You can also buy maps.
Open data file download service
Download open maps and aerial photo datasets.
Service availability
Check the current status of applications and services.
National Land Survey and social responsibility
The National Land Survey's social responsibility report for 2018 has been published. Read from the report about the improvements we make from the point of view of finances, people and the environment.
Struve Geodetic Arc in Finland
The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulation measurements stretching from the Arctic Sea to the Black Sea.