General Directorate of Mapping

The General Directorate of Mapping is the national mapping agency of under the Ministry of National Defense and is responsible for the official topographical mapping of the country in both hard-copy and digital forms.
harita.gov.tr
+90 312 595 22 22
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  • Opening hours: Monday—Friday 9:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Military installation
  • Description: national mapping agency in Turkey
  • Also known as: “GCM”, “GDM”, “General Command of Mapping”, “HGK”, and “HGM”
  • Address: Tıp Fakültesi Cd., Cebeci, Çankaya/Ankara, çankaya, 06590

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of Anatolian Civilizations and Cebeci railway station.

Museum
Photo: JoJan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is located on the south side of in the Atpazarı area in , Turkey. It consists of the old Ottoman Mahmut Paşa bazaar storage building, and the Kurşunlu Han. is situated 2 km west of General Directorate of Mapping.

Railway station
Photo: Modern primat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station in , , on the Başkentray commuter rail line, part of the Turkish State Railways network. was put into service in 1972 and became a stop of the Sincan-Kayaş commuter rail line. is situated 640 metres west of General Directorate of Mapping.

Metro station
Photo: Modern primat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an underground station and the eastern terminus of the Ankaray line of the Ankara Metro in Çankaya. It is located under Cemal Gürsel Avenue in Cebeci, three blocks south of . is situated 450 metres west of General Directorate of Mapping.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mamak and Ulus.

Town
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a municipality and metropolitan district of , . Its area is 321 km2, and its population is 687,535. It is part of the city of .

Quarter
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a quarter in , and is located at the center of the capital city. It was once the heart of old Ankara. The name means "tribe, nation" in Turkish. is situated 2½ km northwest of General Directorate of Mapping.

Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0.
is the capital of , central within the country on the plateau of . It's a sprawling modern place around an ancient citadel, and in 2022 had a population of almost 5.2 million, with a further 600,000 living in the wider metropolis.

General Directorate of Mapping

Latitude
39.93125° or 39° 55′ 53″ north
Longitude
32.88302° or 32° 52′ 59″ east
Open location code
8GFJWVJM+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 292102521
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Wiki­data ID
Q5531781
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“General Directorate of Mapping” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المديرية العامة لرسم الخرائط (تركيا)”
  • Arabic: “المديرية العامة لرسم الخرائط”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kartoqrafiya Baş İdarəsi”
  • Igbo: “General Directorate of Map”
  • Turkish: “Harita Genel Komutanlığı”
  • Turkish: “Harita Genel Müdürlüğü”
  • Turkish: “HGK”

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