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- A satellite ground receiving station is being inst-
alled in the Center for Space and Remote Sensing
Research, National Central University. After compl-
etion of the station in 1993, data from SPOT, Land-
sat 6 and ERS 1 will be received automatically.
4. DEVELOPMENT OF GIS AND DIGITAL MAPPING
4.1 Development of GIS
Almost the same as GIS, a National Land Information
System (NLIS) was developed jointly by the Council
for Economic Planning and Development and many
other organizations.A working section was organized
i carry out the project.NLIS consists of nine data
ases.
4.1.1 Natural Environmental Data Base | Informa-
tion on soil, geology, topography, weather, and
hydrology was collected and processed by the Minis-
try of Economic Affairs.
4.1.2 Natural Resources and Ecology Data Base
Information on the resources of water, agriculture,
forest, fishery and mineral and the ecology of ani-
mals and plants was collected and processed by the
Council of Agriculture.
4.1.3 Environmental Quality Data Base informa-
tion on the quality of air and water, soil polluti-
on,and natural disaster was collected and processed
by the Environmental Protection Agency.
4.1.4 Social and Economic Data Base Information
on population, culture, social welfare, production,
industry, commerce and finance was collected and
processed by the Directorate General of Budget,
Accounting and Statistics.
4.1.5 Traffic Network Data Base Information on
highway, railway, transportation quantity and urban
transit systems was collected and processed by the
Ministry of Communications.
4.1.6 Land Data Base Information on land sur-
vey, registration, price, ownership and usage was
collected and processed by the Department of Land
Administration, Ministry of Interior.
4.1.7 Regional and Urban Planning Data Base
Information on the management of building and publ-
ic housing, land inventory and urban modernization
was collected and processed by the Construction and
Planning Administration, Ministry of Interior.
4.1.8 Public Pipeline Data Base Information on
the pipelines of telecommunication, electricity,
water, sewage, gas and gasoline was collected and
processed by the Construction and Planning Adminis-
tration, Ministry of Interior.
4.1.9 Topographic Map Data Base Information on
the maps of 1:50,000, 1:25,000, 1:5,000 and 1:1,000
scales was collected and processed by the Informa-
tion Center, Ministry of Interior.
4.2 Development of Digital Mapping
4.2.1 1:1.000 Digital Map The Taipei City Map
and The Second Freeway Planning Map at the scale of
1:1,000 were prepared by digital mapping process.
Among the total 673 sheets of the Taipei City Map,
115 sheets were produced in 1991 and 92. All the
1500 sheets of the Second Freeway Map were made du-
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ring the years 1990-92.
4.2.2 Digital Terrain Model The digital eleva-
tion model of the whold island has been scanned and
recorded along with the production and revision of
1:5,000 orthophoto maps. The recording interval in
both X and Y directions is 40 meters.
5. EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
5.1 Education
The departments of survey engineering at both the
Chungcheng Institute of Technology and the Chengku-
ng University offer the subjects of photogrammetry
and remote sensing. Besides, the departments of ge-
ography, geology, forestry and civil engineering at
the Taiwan University, Central University, Chunghs-
ing University and the University of Chinese Cultu-
re provide courses in remote sensing and photograph
interpretation.
5.2 Research
During the past four years, research has been carr-
ied out on the fouowing subjects by various agenci-
es in Taiwan:
+The corrections of SPOT satellite data over mount-
aintous terrain and their application.
+Automation of GMS/WEFAX data reception.
+Accuracy of recognition of ground controls in SPOT
images.
*Satellite remote sensing of water quality around
Taiwan coastline area. *
+Automated DTM generation using digitized aerial
photography. :
+A remote sensing and GIS integrated study on reso-
urces development and environméntal conservation.
+Forest resource modeling with Geographic Informa-
tion System.
+Research on the integration of Geographic Informa-
tion System technologies.
+An environmental information system for water pol-
lution control region.
+A study on application of remote sensing techniqu-
es and GIS on forest resources inventory. .
+Application of remote sensing to the geological
environment in high mountain areas of Taiwan.
*Application of remote sensing for the land restor-
ation in eastern Taiwan.
*Road design and route selection at mountainside
area utilizing a 3-D GIS.
Software development for change detection and man-
agement of mountain agricultural resources in Pa-
chang River watershed.
6. SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
6.1 cati nd Resear rganizations:
+Institute of Photogrammetry, National Chengkung
University, Tainan, Taiwan, 70109, ROC.
+Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, Na-
d Central University, Chungli, Taiwan, 32054,
+Photogrammetric Branch, Institute of Forestry, Na-
tional Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan,10764, ROC.
-+Department of Survey Engineering, Chungcheng Inst-
itute of Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 33509, ROC.
+Remote Sensing Section, Energy And Mining Research
/ Service Organization, Industrial Technical Rese-
arch Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 31015, ROC.
6.2 Organizations Other Than Education and
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