Utility networks provide transport for various types of raw materials. They comprise a network of pipes, cables and ducts running on, under and above the surface of either ground or water. They connect individual customers with distributors within water supply, sewage, heating, telecommunications, electricity, as well as oil, gas and chemical networks. They serve an extremely important role in today’s urbanised world. However, utility networks require specialised treatment not only in legal, technical or social terms, but also geodetic and cartographic. It is necessary to conduct a precise and accurate inventory to prepare and implement projects of utility networks, as well as all kinds of other construction works. Mapping is another task required, along with the preparation of databases on networks that provide comprehensive (graphic and descriptive) information on objects. In each country, the execution of surveying and cartographic works observes internal laws and technical standards and norms. This paper presents the issues of surveying and cartographic works in relation to utility networks, as well as their implementation in Slovakia (Bratislava) and Poland (Kraków). The rules for the presentation of networks on maps, as well as technical standards for collecting, processing and sharing network databases based on legal provisions that are valid for both countries, were compared.