Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission's
Land Information and Mapping Division (LIM).

The Land Information and Mapping Division (LIM) is responsible for the management of the land information and mapping system in Guyana. It is the main point of contact for all land information and mapping related matters.

Hard Copy Maps

The catalogue contains information about the maps, gazetteer, aerial photographs, photo-mosaics and other digital and hard copy products and services available at the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC), Land Information and Mapping Division (LIM).

Free & Digital Maps

The attached catalogue contains information about the maps, gazetteer, aerial photographs, photo-mosaics and other digital and hard copy products and services available at the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC), Land Information and Mapping Division (LIM). Detailed descriptions are given of the type of map products and services available. Additionally, extracts from most of our maps are included as samples of our production line. Being the leading provider in Guyana of high quality large and small-scale spatial data to Government as well as other map users, we ensure that our data is of a high standard but that it could also be customized to meet our clients specific needs. Most of our maps are based on conventional mapping. However, within recent years, various GIS software are being used extensively within the GLSC for the digital production of maps. As a pioneer in digital mapping in Guyana, we offer a wide rage of digital services making use of an extensive array of digital software

The following information must be included with the application:

  1. Letter Size Natural Regions Map (582 KB)
  2. Letter Size Base Map (526 KB)
  3. Letter Size Admin Map (550 KB)

View a few of our maps from our Extensive collection. To View. Click Below

Administrative Regions Map
Natural Regions Map
Letter Size Base Map

Transferors are required to and must provide the following for processing of an application to transfer:

GLSC Map Catalog

1:1 Million Base Map
1:50,000 Index Map
4 Section Historical Map
Amerindian Titled Map
Bartica Neighbourhood Map
Illustrative Map
Multi Coloured Topographic Sheet 20SE
Resource Map
Soils Map
Tourist Map
Town Map of Linden
Town Map of New Amsterdam
Town Map of Rose Hall
4 Section NE
4 Section NW
4 Section SE
4 Section SW
Administrative Map
Region 1 Map
Region 2 Map
Region 3 Map
Region 4 Map
Region 5 Map
Region 6 Map
Region 7 Map
Region 8 Map
Region 9 Map
Region 10 Map

National Gazetteer

The National Gazetteer contains six thousand, six hundred and twenty-five (6,625) entries of the names of places and geographical features in Guyana. It is a new compilation and it supersedes the Gazetteer of Guyana published by the Lands and Surveys Department, Ministry of Agriculture, in 1974. The names listed in this Gazetteer include major and minor administrative divisions, populated and other named places, various cultural entities and a variety of geographical features. There are seven columns in which are listed, from left to right, the name, features, locations, latitudes, longitudes, regional codes and the 1:50,000 map reference No. The National Gazetteer is available both as a printed book and as a computer application called the Digital Gazetteer. This application needs to be installed on a windows-based PC. Various functionalities are available in this application such as:

  1. Search by Name
  2. Search by Coordinates

Land Use Plans