¿What is CPCP?
The Center of Promotion of Cartography in Perú (CPCP) is an educational
non-profit association founded in 1992, dedicated to development and dissemination of cartography throughout the
country, which offers its services in construction and maintenance of georeferenced databases, implementation of
Geographical Information Systems (GIS), as well as assistance, training, tecnical support and transfer of technology
towards its users.
The users of CPCP's services
The users are the base and reason for CPCP's functioning as an entity. With their
contributions they support the institution which does not receive any other type of financing. Potencial users
of CPCP are all public and private entities, which, in order to plan, rationalize and optimize their activities,
require geographic information, databases and other tools that allow them to visualize the location, analysis,
evaluation and projection of their information within a determined geographic space.
CPCP's philosophy: The common cartographic base map
Every user of geographic information needs to visualize or process his own information
according to his particular interests. For example, a municipality might need to establish in a cadastral system
the location, dimension and other characteristics of each parcel or building, while the requirement of a service
or commercial company could be locating their clients or sales points, in order to establish zones for distribution
or designing routes for their vehicles.
In order to visualize this data of particular use, the user needs a cartographic base map which shows the información
of public use, such as political or administrative boundaries, street network, neigborhoods, points of interest
and others.
CPCP proposes that this cartographic base map should be available to all users, and assumes the responsability
for elaborating, updating and administrating it. In exchange, the users contribute the necessary resources such
as information, personnel or financing of specific services.
While the cartographic base map is shared by all users, the particular information of each one of them is treated
with absolute reserve, and is made available only to authorized institutions and persons.
The geographic scope
Considering the fact that approximately two thirds of the country's population
live in cities, in an inicial stage CPCP priorizes the construction of urban databases. According to this policy,
it has been elaborating 'lima data', a database that covers the Metropolitan Lima area (including Callao). This
activity has now been extended to Arequipa, Cusco and other urban areas of Peru.
Activities and services of CPCP
- generation y maintenance of georeferenced databases
- assistance with implementation and maintenance of Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
- technical support in handling of geographic data
- training of staff in GIS and automated cartography
- digitizing and processing of geographic information
- development of GIS applications
- production of cartographic material for specific purposes
- geocoding of à standarized addresses
Areas of application points of interest (public buildings, schools, hospitals, commercial centers, tourist
attractions etc.)
Cartography and GIS are powerful tools for a great variety of tasks in different fields, like for example:
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local government: planning of urban development, cadastre, zoning, security
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distribution and sales: location of customers and/or sales points, sectorizing, calculation
of travel routes
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marketing: spatial analysis by superposition of thematic layers (population, access
roads) for market studies
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networks: planning and administration of public service networks (transportation,
power, water, telephone)
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publications: production of cartographic material - digital or printed -, for massive
or specific use
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planning: identification of suitable locations for services (waste deposits, industries,
commercial centers, bank agencies, etc.)
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monitoring: fleet control, localizing vehicles in movement with GPS technology
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prevention: visualization of spacial distribution of events (traffic accidents, crímes);
simulation of desasters
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Las bases de datos georeferenciados del CPCP
CPCP's urban databases are organized in the following thematic layers:
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street centerlines coded with street names and municipal numbers
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building blocks urban and rural
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boundaries (district, province and departament boundaries; zones in dispute)
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neighborhoods (limits, areas, names and block codes
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land use (urban, green areas, arid areas, water bodies, etc.)
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topography (contour lines, heights; suitable for producing digital terrain models)
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zoning (residential, commercial, industrial, recreational etc.)
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other elements (railways, power lines, bridges, slopes, canals etc.)
CPCP, Av. Arequipa 2625, Lima 14, PERU
Telf. (++51 1) 440-3486; Fax (++51 1) 440-3480
