LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

of July 3, 2002 No. 332-II

About geodesy and cartography

This Law governs the relations between state bodies, physical persons and legal entities in the field of geodetic and cartographic activities.

Article 1. The basic concepts used in this Law

In this Law the following basic concepts are used:

1) geographical information system - the program system providing collection, accumulating, storage, the analysis and distribution of space information on Earth about objects of the land surface, natural, technogenic and public processes and the phenomena of the real world;

2) geodetic and cartographic activities - management, productive, technical and scientific activity in the field of geodesy and cartography;

3) geodetic and leveling network - the system of Items on the land surface fixed on the area by the special centers and signs which mutual provision is determined in the planned relation and by height as a result of geodetic activities;

4) geodetic Item - the Item of geodetic network noted on the area pledged to the earth (or in constructions on the earth) the center and the construction built over it (is familiar);

5) geodesy - area of the relations arising in the course of scientific, technical and productive activity by determination of figure, the sizes and external gravitational field of Earth, coordinates and heights of points of the land surface and their changes in time which is carried out for the purpose of creation of cards and plans and also for providing the solution of different engineering tasks on the land surface;

6) hydrography - studying and the description of water objects, their quality and quantity characteristics;

7) delimitation - the determination of provision and direction of frontier under the agreement between the adjacent states fixed in the agreement and graphical represented on the cards attached to the agreement;

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