The GIS Research Center at Feng Chia University (FCU), established in August 1995, was the first and foremost GIS establishment in Taiwan to be formally approved by the Ministry of Education. Even during the first decade of its inception, the GIS center made rapid strides in the field of Spatial Information Technology. The center's efforts were dedicated towards developing advanced computing techniques and integrating the advances in Information Technologies with geospatial tools and techniques. The center strives to enhance its expertise in the realms of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS), and Remote Sensing (RS). Keeping pace with the information revolution, the center continually updates and incorporates state-of-the-art techniques such as the Internet, wireless communication and visualization technologies within its core research. In addition to serving as a hub of GIS Research, the center also offers well-designed GIS courses and strives to promote environmental awareness and troubleshoot related issues.