National Mapping Innovation

Dutch Kadaster, the Netherlands' national cadastre, land registry, and mapping agency, was the first mapping authority in the world to fully automate the production of multiscale maps and data. This was a huge accomplishment given that, although the mapping community had buzzed for decades about the potential of automating multiresolution geospatial map production, many were still skeptical that it could even be done. The feat is even more impressive considering that it was carried out by a small, motley team that was in a bind.