Geographic Institute Agustín Codazzi

Agustín Codazzi Institute of Geography
Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi
Agency overview
Formed	13 August 1935
Headquarters	Carrera 30 No. 48-51; Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Annual budget	COP$144,386,875,000; (est. 2010)
Agency executive	Iván Darío Gómez Guzmán, General Director;
Parent agency	National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE)
Website	www.igac.gov.co

The Geographic Institute Agustín Codazzi (Spanish: Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi, IGAC), is the entity of the Government of Colombia responsible for producing the official maps and basic cartography of Colombia, and managing the national cadastral infrastructure and the national soil survey. It is also charged with advancing geographic investigations for the development of the country, and educating and training professionals in the geographic information technologies. IGAC also distributes geographic data in the form of its online portal, SIGOT.

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