Development of the Geospatial Centre of the Faroe Islands

Fróðskaparsetur Føroya has launched the Geospatial Centre of the Faroe Islands - Depil fyri staðsetingarfrøði. This initiative is initially partly funded by both Landsverk and Umhvørvisstovan, and aims to develop geospatial, surveying and geodesy topics to aid industry and society. Umhvørvisstovan recently took over the responsibility of the surveying, mapping, and geodesy of both the land and sea, and this initiative will help to support the takeover. Initially, short courses will be delivered from the end of August.


The university has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with both Landsverk and Umhvørvisstovan, with the intent of working closer together. Further, the University recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with DTU Space to also work closer in the geospatial discipline.