The land utilization is between the human and the land interacts one which of concrete patterns the process presents, the social culture, the political economic development and natural environment's difference, unfolds the land utilization pattern is also different. Perfect and complete nationwide land utilization inventory survey material, by the regular renewal maintenance work, lets these material be more effective and the continuous use.

Accroding to land-use program earnest demand, before Ministry of Interior, in Republic of China 84 year institution manpower and so on union central committee and place land administration, census administration and duty, handles of land utilization investigation work a time nationwide character, because of the ground investigation way establishment, the gain at that time had registered the land the behavior in service, takes the land control work basis, is of help very large regarding the national territory policy plan. Along with global economic's vigorous development, land utilization's change speeds up, and day by day complex, before the cause, the material of has used insufficiently, therefore 95 year have handled the second time nationwide land use classification investigation, the essential target is causes to produce the national territory can satisfy demand of the national territory plan and other related decision analysis and the applied research using the investigation achievement material specification and the quality.

The national territory is divided three stages using the investigation plan time regulation and the goal:

1. Short-term goal <in 2006 ~ 2008 >
   • Completes the national land inventory survey material.
   • Establishment renewal scope scientific style appraisal analysis mode.
   • Establishes the plan guidance website and the achievement referral system.
2. Medium-term objectives <in 2009 ~ 2011 >
   • The conformity domestic investigation resources handle the achievement renewal.
   • Establishes the national territory use investigation work legalization.
   • The introduction navigation telemeters the new technology to strive the investigation pattern.
3. Long-range objective <in 2012 ~ 2015 >
   • Grasps the national territory to provide the national territory policy use using present situation.
   • The impetus handles the achievement renewal continually.
   • Continually promoted investigation achievement multi-dimensional Canada value and application.

“the national territory is the Executive Yuan Economic development Committee newspaper presents the Executive Yuan using the investigation plan” to check that it “the national geographic information system establishes and promotes ten year plan” the child to plan, hands over by the Ministry of Interior national territory survey center in 95 year divides the year to handle the national 23 county cities (including Kinmen and Matsu) the national territory establishes using the investigation work and the achievement material conformity, to use of situation each land, carries on the classification first way of by the phantom interpretation, then aims at the building and is unable to determine that land of the use situation carries in-the-spot investigation, the photograph, the classification and constructs the files…And so on work. Effect and continuous use.

1. In accordance to the environmental trend and the economic globalization development, use the national territory use investigation information, examines the national territory use policy direction comprehensively, assists to solve the city and countryside to be balanced, land development land coordinated, emergent industry demand, agriculture fine and so on topics, reconstructs the homeland planning order.
2. Assists to establish the national territory information system land basic information bank, is engaged in the national territory use investigation and the land utilization monitor regularly, records the land use information exhaustively, guaranteed that the national territory use continues forever to develop.
3. Realizes the integrity land utilization resources general survey, by classified statistical information and so on category's position distribution, area, understood that the present stage space essence development state, then adjusts the national territory integrated development plan direction.
4. Carries out and strengthens national the land management, the monitor mechanism, regarding goals and so on ecology care, environmental protection, forest land maintenance controls truly, prevents improper and circumstances of effectively the illegal development.
5. Interpretation of technology by way of the practice work, draws up has investigation of renewal mechanism the high efficiency, will continue for the future to handle reference of the information renewal.
6. Grasps the national territory present situation and the dynamic change, provides the national territory plan and foundation of the various counties city national territory integrated development plan, simultaneously may coordinate various institutions unit the related graph material, assists to establish the more complete land information bank, by enriches the national territory information system and the homeland planning information bank.
7. Provides demand of the various organizations land management related service automation, then promotion Government department to land space design and policy-making ability, with overall country land-use program utilization integrity.