Most national security decisions involve geography. Whether assessing potential targets, planning where to strike on the field, or deciding where to locate a new building with minimal environmental impact, geography always comes into the equation. GIS plays an increasingly important role in making these types of decisions.

Taiwan is susceptible to over three types of natural disasters, and is ranked as one of the world’s most easily damaged areas. Facing future climate change and insufficient national resource utilization, the use of technology can improve and prevent compound disasters. Technology systems can also serve as a warning system to ensure safety for people and their property.

Land management units must convert traditional workflow into enterprise level solution methods to improve the efficiency and performance of asset management. GIS database and other related software completely supports the life cycle of land management, including data collection, management, processing, and data publishing. GIS supports existing information technology standards and interoperability of existing systems. GIS can be used to implement the automization of workflow modeling.

Forestry Bureau commissioned IDT in 2009 to complete a systematic integration of spatial databases, including converting coordinate systems into TWD97, update of interpretation data, pairing of map data and metadata, building of Chinese names, audit of map data quality (including topological relationship audit, spatial and attribute consistency audit, and attribute and representative code correspondence audit), and constructing of map examples.

With increased occurrence of extreme weather, Taiwan has been frequently hit by typhoons. A clear divide has appeared between the rain season and dry season. Reservoirs have experienced severe blockages, ground-water has been over-pumped, and industries require large quantities of water. Water resource protection and utilization will become an important management topic.

The environment and ecology is closely related to the land. GIS possesses spatial, time and analysis characteristics that can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of environment management.

Providing graphical map of core routes for fiber optic cables and user interface, which help work units in their daily work, repairs, rerouting, and maintenance, and establish a complete and accurate core route management data.

GIS provides extensive spatial data, which allow decision makers to easily visualize data. The use of GIS analysis and display facilitates the decision-making process.

Social culture GIS focuses on people, and integrates politics, economics, society, crime, and cultural disciplines. Social culture GIS uses spatial-temporal GIS to help explore human social development and human culture.

Public safety is an important foundation for people’s peace and work. Scientific GIS statistical data can assist law enforcement units in implementing crime scans, analysis, response, and assessment work. Systematic exploration of core topics can find suitable responses and possible solutions. This allows law enforcement units to fight crime effectively and improve the satisfaction of the public regarding safety.