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3.4 Satellite Receiving Station 
- 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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