The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry steers and funds research that promotes the maintenance of the cadastral system, national mapping and production of maps and the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.
The Finnish Geodetic Institute under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is a research institute specialising in geodesy and geospatial information science and technology. The FGI is an innovative and flexible operator with good cooperation skills and high expertise in geospatial information.