Office of the Surveyor-General and Land Information

The Office of the Surveyor General and Land Information (OSGLI) ensures confidence in land ownership and information systems for the Territory and is the main government authority for land surveying and property boundaries (cadastre).

The ACT Surveyor-General is a statutory role appointed by the Director-General under the Surveyors Act 2007.

OSGLI:

manages land surveys,
keeps land ownership records,
provides geospatial data,
ensures public access to land information, and
provides support for the naming of places such as roads and parks.

These services support property transactions, urban planning, building construction, and legal matters.

OSGLI is a contemporary and professional office that supports the efficient modernisation of land information and development of geospatial services to the community. OSGLI consists of several teams with responsibilities summarised below.

Survey Team

Regulating the surveying profession within the ACT in accordance with the Surveyors Act 2007, associated Practice Directions and Surveyor-General Guidelines (available under the "Surveyor-General Guidelines" dropdown), including:

registered land surveyors
investigation of alleged breaches in relation to legislation
examination of cadastral survey plans, Deposited Plans and Units Plans
updating legislation and guidelines related to the practice of surveying
extension and maintenance of the ACT Survey Control Mark network
Management of baselines for testing surveying equipment and verifying length measurements in the ACT.

ACTMapi Team

Providing accessible and accurate spatial data information analytics to Government, industry and the community including land boundaries, land use, roads, topography, heights, contours, infrastructure, environmental attributes, place names, addresses, land titles, licences. This is achieved through a variety of information systems including maintenance of the Spatial Data Management System (SDMS) and the main viewing application, ACTmapi.

Place Names Unit

Developing policy and undertaking consultation and research in line with legislative requirements to recommend division names and public place names to the Minister and the Minister’s delegate. The team provide Secretariat services to the ACT Place Names Advisory Committee.

Addressing team

Formalising addressing for new developments and maintaining up to date land title information systems.

Business support team

Providing the OSGLI professional business support services including policy development, executive and Ministerial liaison, stakeholder engagement and communications, project management, procurement, business strategy, financial management, and general administration.