Federal Office for Metrology and Survey
Encyclopedia
The Federal Office for Metrology and Survey or BEV is the body responsible in Austria
for official surveying, geo-information and weights and measures (metrology
). It belongs to the Ministry for the Economy, Family and Youth. Its headquarters is in Vienna
and it has 67 branches spread across all the Austrian federal states.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
for official surveying, geo-information and weights and measures (metrology
Metrology
Metrology is the science of measurement. Metrology includes all theoretical and practical aspects of measurement. The word comes from Greek μέτρον , "measure" + "λόγος" , amongst others meaning "speech, oration, discourse, quote, study, calculation, reason"...
). It belongs to the Ministry for the Economy, Family and Youth. Its headquarters is in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
and it has 67 branches spread across all the Austrian federal states.