Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 24/ corr. Trend U. Ismaylova/ "The Azerbaijani State Committee of Land and Cartography completed to devise an orthophotomap of all cities and regions of the country within Real Estate Property Registration Project realized jointly with the World Bank," Garib Mammadov, head of state committee, said on Dec. 24.
"The orthophotomap was drawn out in scale of 1:1000," Mammadov said.
Reflection on the map is drawn out in scale of 1:5000 for the western part of Azerbaijan, he said.
Information for Azerbaijani orthophotomap within the Real Estate Property Registration Project was prepared by INDES Turkish company recruited at tender basis. The company took photos only from cosmos. The violation of other countries' borders will be possible in case of operation by air transport.
In July 2007 the loan agreement on realization of Real Estate Property Registration Project in the amount of $38.57mln was signed between the Azerbaijani Government and the World Bank. World Bank finances almost 78% of project cost owing to loan resources. So, $30mln for 20 years term under five years of loan period was allocated by International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
So, $15mln of total project cost was allocated to the State Committee of Land and Cartography for needs in geodesy, cartography, drawing out of orthophotomap and land-survey.
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