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Established on 2 August 1800, it is the oldest unchanged government department in the country. The department is responsible for national surveying and mapping. It is also the national focal point of GIS and Remote Sensing with representation in the Global Mapping Project organised by the International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM).
Surveyor General of Sri Lanka is the head of Department of Survey of Sri Lanka. The post was established on 2 August 1800 with the formation of the Surveyor General's Department by a proclamation of Governor Frederick North at Galle. Joseph Jonville was appointed as the Colonial Surveyor General, residing principally in Colombo and receiving ...
The city is the headquarters of Sri Lanka's archeological survey, and tourism is a significant factor in its economy. Etymology [ edit ] According to historical records such as Mahavamsa , the origin of the name Anuradhapura is traced to the minister named 'Anuradha' in the court of Prince Vijaya (543–505 BCE ), the first Sinhalese king of ...
Survey Department of Sri Lanka; W. Department of Wildlife Conservation (Sri Lanka) This page was last edited on 10 February 2020, at 10:39 (UTC). Text is ...
University of Ceylon. Fitzwilliam College. Ohio State University. Profession. Surveyor. Ethnicity. Sri Lankan Tamil. Sri Lanka Sikhamani Thamotharam Somasekaram (22 September 1934 – 11 March 2010) was a leading Sri Lankan Tamil geographer and Surveyor General .
Thavalingam is from Kaithady in northern Sri Lanka. He was educated at the Jaffna Hindu College. [1] [2] He is a fellow of the Surveyors Institute (of Sri Lanka) and a member of the institute's council. [3] [4] Thavalingam was Senior Deputy Surveyor General and Additional Surveyor General. [5] [6] He became the 45th Surveyor General in 2013.
S. D. F. C. Nanayakkara was the 34th Surveyor General of Sri Lanka. He was appointed in 1981, succeeding S. J. Munasinghe , and held the office until 1989. He was succeeded by S. T. Herat .
Deraniyagala, Siran (1992), The Prehistory of Sri Lanka, Colombo: Department of Archaeological Survey, p. 454, ISBN 955-9159-00-3 Deraniyagala, Siran U (1996), "Pre- and Protohistoric settlement in Sri Lanka" , XIII U. I. S. P. P. Congress Proceedings- Forli, 8 – 14 September 1996 , International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric ...