The Goals and Tasks of NCC 

The History of National Cartographic Center of Iran (NCC)  

The History of National Cartographic Center of Iran (NCC)   During the Qajar era and by the efforts of Abbas Mirza, the son and crown prince of Fath-Ali Shah, some individuals were dispatched to Europe to learn new knowledge. At the time of the chancellorship of Mirza Taghikhan Amirkabir, the famous Chancellor of the Qajar era, the new School, Dar-ul Funun was established to expand and utilize the new sciences and technologies. In this newly established school, the Austrian professors accompanied by Iranian graduates from Europe were teaching. One of the subjects taught at Dar-ul Funun was surveying. The surveying students of Dar-ul Funun, who some of them started teaching at that center thereafter, had been preparing some maps of the villages around Tehran parallel to their education. Graduates such as the late Abdorazaq Baqayeri have provided outstanding services in foundation of surveying and mapping, especially in determination of ...