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1. News article14 Oct 2026

   NASA hands over world's northernmost satellite laser to Kartverket, completing the Ny-Ålesund geodetic observatory

   • NASA has given the world's northernmost satellite laser (SLR) to Kartverket, the Norwegian Mapping Authority. The Earth observatory in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, is now finished after 15 years of work.
   • Kartverket director Per Erik Opseth says the idea came 20 years ago. NASA spent almost 10 years building the instrument. It is now ready to use.
   ClimateDigital infrastructurePublic administration
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2. News article14 Oct 2026

   Kartverket leads the 'Power of Maps and Models' research area in the new LANDFUTURES centre

   • Kartverket (the Norwegian Mapping Authority) has an important role in LANDFUTURES, a new national research centre. It will provide better knowledge, tools and maps for decisions on nature, climate and land use.
   • The centre will help municipalities and regional authorities make more sustainable choices. Researchers, the public sector and other actors will work together.
   Plan and areaPublic administrationScience
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3. News article14 Oct 2026

   Ice melt on Svalbard is accelerating land uplift and disturbing the global geodetic reference frame

   • A new study in the Journal of Geodesy, led by Halfdan P. Kierulf at Kartverket, shows that ice melt on Svalbard affects the global reference frame. This is the shared measurement system used to fix exact positions on Earth.
   • The land at the Ny-Ålesund measuring station is rising faster and faster. 25 years ago it was about 6 millimetres a year. Now it is nearly 14. Old models that assume steady speed no longer fit well.
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4. News article13 Oct 2026

   Student projects in SUrbArea aim to give municipalities better geodata for stormwater management

   • Kartverket works with municipalities, researchers and students in a project called SUrbArea. The aim is better map data, so municipalities can handle stormwater (rain and meltwater running off surfaces) and adapt to climate change.
   • Heavier rain, growing cities and ageing infrastructure make stormwater a growing problem. Data on culverts and drainage facilities are kept in different systems and vary in quality.
   ClimateHigher educationMunicipalities
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5. News article12 Oct 2026

   Kartverket to build new measuring stations in eastern Svalbard under the INFRANOR-WATER research project

   • The Research Council of Norway has funded a project called INFRANOR-WATER. It will monitor the water cycle on Svalbard more closely. The money comes from a scheme for research infrastructure (equipment and facilities) of national importance.
   • Kartverket, the Norwegian Mapping Authority, is one of 14 partners. It will install new measuring equipment in eastern Svalbard, where there are few measurements today.
   ClimateNaturePublic administration
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6. News article12 Oct 2026

   Kartverket launches new HREF model and EPSG codes on 14 October 2026, correcting height errors of up to 10 cm

   • On 14 October 2026 Kartverket launches a new height model called HREF. It is the first update since 2018. It makes heights measured by satellite (GNSS) match the heights in Norway's survey network.
   • New survey lines showed errors of up to 10 cm in some areas between Agder and Møre og Romsdal. The biggest are at Haugalandet and around Hellesylt, Valldal and Eikesdalsvatnet. All points computed with GNSS are updated.
   Digital infrastructureDigitalisationPublic administration
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7. News article7 Oct 2026

   Kartverket proposed to receive NOK 126.2 million for better oversight of real estate ownership

   • In the proposed state budget, presented Wednesday 7 October, Kartverket (the Norwegian Mapping Authority) gets NOK 126.2 million over two years. NOK 96.3 million comes in 2027.
   • Authorities do not know well enough who owns and buys property in Norway. Surveys by the Tax Administration, Kartverket and the Brønnøysund Register Centre show this.
   DigitalisationHousing politicsNational security
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8. News article6 Oct 2026

   This year's mapping projects in Oslo, Østfold, Akershus and Buskerud are nearly complete

   • Almost everything due in this year's mapping projects in Oslo, Østfold, Akershus and Buskerud has been delivered.
   • Work to plan the new projects for 2027 is well under way.
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9. News article6 Oct 2026

   Norge digitalt committees meet on preparedness and common principles for Geovekst mapping

   • Members of three geodata (map data) committees met in Drammen on 17–18 September. The county geodata committee for Oslo, Østfold, Akershus and Buskerud had invited them.
   • Day one was about preparedness, meaning being ready for crises. Speakers came from the Police, Kartverket and Drammen municipality, among others. They said it is important to practise often for different incidents.
   DigitalisationPreparednessPublic administration
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10. News article1 Oct 2026

    SAMTRANS project visits Ørland Air Station to strengthen civil-military preparedness coordination

    • On 17 June 2026 the research project SAMTRANS visited Ørland Air Station, Norway's fighter jet base. At the same time, NATO's Ramstein Flag 2026 exercise was under way with 19 countries and over 150 aircraft. Often 50–60 aircraft with different tasks fly in the same mission.
    • SAMTRANS runs from 2026 to 2028. It will create a shared way of working together to help the transport sector handle big crises. Hanne Seter from Sintef leads it, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration owns it, and the Research Council of Norway pays for it.
    National defenceNATOPreparedness
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