MAPPING SERVICES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

The paper describes the State Map Set of the Czech Republic. Scales, map contents and availability for users are presented. Map publishing on Geoportals, access to present and historical maps, remote sensing data and map updating are hot topics in the last few years. The Czech Republic as a country of the European Union not only follows the Union rules and recommendations, however, it also develops relations between end users and data providers at a world level with free Open Access to Cadastre. A new system of basic registers – Register of Inhabitants, Register of Persons, Register of Land Identification, Addresses and Real Estates, and Register of Rules and Rights connecting, unifying and harmonizing personal, spatial and other data are in the full functionality in the Czech Republic