Application period for summer jobs at the NLS has started

Are you interested in working with everything between Earth and space? Apply for a summer job at the National Land Survey of Finland (NLS)! We will recruit some 130 summer employees in 35 locations across Finland.

Accessibility of NLS’s website audited

The Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland (AVI) has audited the accessibility of the Maanmittauslaitos.fi website as part of its first auditing programme. 

Minister Leppä: The NLS plays a significant part in providing information for society at large

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Jari Leppä visited Director General Arvo Kokkonen on 20 December to examine the National Land Survey of Finland’s (NLS) field of activities.

Method for detecting space debris researched at FGI

The space junk hurtling through the Earth’s orbit is continuously in danger of hitting satellites important to the functioning of society. Scientists at the FGI are now developing a method for detecting small but risky space debris.

Price changes at the National Land Survey of Finland as of 1 January 2022

There will be changes in the National Land Survey of Finland's pricing as of 1 January 2022. The charges have been reviewed due reasons such as an increase in the general level of costs.

A team of two research professors from FGI produces top research on a regular basis

Research professors Antero Kukko and Harri Kaartinen are the FGI’s dynamic duo of collecting point cloud data by laser scanning.

The NLS ranked as best research institution when measured by the impact of science

The National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) was yet again ranked number one among Finnish research institutions in the recent statistics on the state of scientific research that measure the impact of science.

NLS customer service in Oulu to open in new facilities

The current customer service point of the National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) on Veteraanikatu will be closed between 1 and 3 December due to moving into new facilities. On Tuesday 7 December, customer service will open its doors in Uusikatu 52.

Zahidul Bhuiyan appointed Research Professor

Research Manager Zahidul Bhuiyan (Ph.D.) has been appointed tenure track research professor at the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute of the National Land Survey of Finland beginning 1 December 2021.

Cartographers to team up with machines – the NLS automates its topographic data production

At the beginning of 2021, the National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) launched a two-year project to develop the automated interpretation of changes in topographic features based on machine-learning methods.