The Subdelegation of the Government in Gipuzkoa has inaugurated hoyl Wednesday, February 1 at 11:30 am the new House of the Map, located in the building of the Subdelegation itself. La Casa del Mapa offers services of sale of cartographic products and advice on the access and use of geographical information of the National Geographical Institute (IGN) and the different related services, among which stand out the information on the Camino de Santiago and greenways, geographical applications for the mobile or the new service of Mapa a la Carta.
In a more specific area, nautical charts and publications of the Marine Hydrographic Institute are in great demand, and that is that in the Map House you can find the official cartography and publications of different entities of the General Administration of the State (Marine Hydrographic Institute, Mining Geological Institute, etc.).
It is an extension and improvement of the existing IGN cartographic point of sale, which is integrated into the network of Map Houses of the autonomous body dependent on the IGN, CNIG (National Geographic Information Center). The new Map House represents an improvement in accessibility for users and greater space for personalized consultations and formative talks to mountain groups or other groups.
In this way it is intended to improve the dissemination of geographical knowledge, in a general way, through cultural activities such as exhibition or informative talks in schools, but also reaching technical areas, as is the case of the GNSS positioning service, (global satellite navigation system), or the historical documentation of cadastre or municipal landmarks, which serves as a source for very different studies and research works.
At the inauguration of the Casa del Mapa, the Subdelegate of the Government in Gipuzkoa, Guillermo Echenique, The Regional Director of the IGN, Antonio Mañero, the Director of the Promotion Area of the Government Delegation in Cantabria, Pablo Calvo Labra and the Head of the IGN in Gipuzkoa, Ohiana Mitxelena, were present.