Development of NGIS in Taiwan Prof FengTyan LIN

Development of NGIS in Taiwan Prof. Feng-Tyan LIN* Graduate Institute of Building and Planning National Taiwan University *Also with The Institute of Information Science Academia Sinica

Contents n n n The NGIS project in Taiwan Major achievements Emerging Technologies Strategies Conclusions

Spatial Data Infrastructure n n Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a ‘new’ technology to collect, digitize, analyze, and share spatial data. GIS, together with GPS and remote sensing, becomes an essential part of spatial data infrastructure in many countries.

The NGIS Project n n In 1994, Taiwan launched her National GIS project and established a task force to implement the project. The task force is co-chaired by deputy-ministers of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Council of Economic Planning and Development (CEPD). Members are from related ministries and local governments.

NGIS -- Goal Building up high-quality base maps and circulation environment for • Sustainable development • Administrative governance and international competitiveness • National Land Use Management • Natural disaster response and prevention • E-commerce • Awareness of public policies • Academic researches

NGIS -- organization n Nowadays, the task force has 10 working groups. • A planning group is responsible for strategic planning and standardization. • 9 database groups are responsible for building up and maintaining base maps concerning topography, land ownerships, land use and control, transportation, natural resources, environment management, agriculture, socio-economics, etc.

NGIS – the 1 st Phase n n 1998 -2003 44 sub-projects in 4 categories: • Regional and local GIS applications • Web based architecture • Technological and supporting organizations • Conducting promotional education and manpower training

NGIS – the 1 st Phase Applications n Population census n fire fighting, natural disaster management, regional land use managements, demographic statistics, social welfare, underground pipeline management, etc.

The NGIS Project – the 2 nd phase n n n Short term: 2004 -2007 Medium term: 2008 -2011 Long term: 2012 -

Major Achievements n n n parcel maps with different coordination systems and scales topographical maps and aerial photos with individual addresses at 1/1000 of major cities. Various thematic maps, such as land use, transportation, geology, demography, …

National level National land use planning http: //hazard. bp. ntu. edu. tw/urbanweb/ n n Web-based 1/5000 -1/25000

Local level Taipei City Government n Public work: • http: //addr. taipei. gov. tw n n Urban planning Intelligent Transportation Systems Land management Finance and tax

Emerging technologies n n Data warehouse / data mining Open GIS XML/GML Standards Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) • Sharing data and analysis functions n n n GRID computing Ontology Knowledge management

Strategies n n Consulting team Public / private cooperation Golden Map Award Professional qualification examination

Conclusions n n GIS has been applied to government administration affairs, engineering, natural and social sciences, and public health. Archived maps are still needed to be digitized, vectorized and further utilized. Historians have employed GIS/ GPS/ Satellite images/ Google Earth to explore facts in ancient time. There is a strong link with library science in terms of meta-data, map/ feature/ location finding, and knowledge management.