Transcript Development of NGIS in Taiwan

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
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The NGIS project in Taiwan
Major achievements
Emerging Technologies
Strategies
Conclusions
Spatial Data Infrastructure
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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
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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
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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, socioeconomics, etc.
NGIS – the 1st Phase
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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 1st Phase
Applications
 Population census
 fire fighting, natural disaster
management, regional land use
managements, demographic
statistics, social welfare,
underground pipeline management,
etc.
The NGIS Project – the 2nd phase
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Short term: 2004-2007
Medium term: 2008-2011
Long term: 2012 -
Major Achievements
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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/
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Web-based
1/5000-1/25000
Local level
Taipei City Government
 Public work:
• http://addr.taipei.gov.tw
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Urban planning
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Land management
Finance and tax
Emerging technologies
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Data warehouse / data mining
Open GIS
XML/GML Standards
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Sharing data and analysis functions
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GRID computing
Ontology
Knowledge management
Strategies
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Consulting team
Public / private cooperation
Golden Map Award
Professional qualification examination
Conclusions
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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.