The department of Survey and Mapping is responsible for the establishment of survey and geodetic controls, quality checks of cadastral jobs, survey of government land and international boundaries, production and printing of topographical maps.

This Geodetic Portal is the result of UGRF (Uganda Geodetic Reference Frame) project. It is a part of Land Adminsitration Reform and specially of the Land Component of Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project (CEDP) funded by World Bank.

From 2018 to 2020, 12 stations have been implemented while since 2023 another 28 CORS stations have been implemented. They are now available in new lministry website:http://ugrf.mlhud.go.ug/sbc