地理資訊系統研究中心之設立目的乃在整合：

空間資訊技術以遙感探測(Remote Sensing; RS)
地理資訊系統(Geographic Information Systems; GIS)
全球衛星定位系統(Global Positioning Systems; GPS)

等技術為核心，配合現代資訊技術，進行陸地與海洋農漁業資源管理，遙測技術研發，防災工程規劃，航運管理以及海圖繪製等技術應用及軟體開發等研究工作。

本中心主要研究重點為：海洋衛星遙測、海洋生態動力及環境變遷對漁業調適與永續發展之研究；自動船舶辨識系統、模糊控制邏輯理論應用、地理資訊系統應用、人工智慧、衛星通訊及軌道規劃、無線通訊系統(行動通訊、無線區域網路、衛星通訊、數位視訊及音訊廣播…等)之研究；河川水力學、地表水文學、流域整體治理規劃、都市防減災工程及地理資訊系統之研究。

本中心同時以研究、教學及技術推廣為目的，培訓地理資訊系統相關技術人員，以服務本校及校外學術與教育單位；並接受政府機關、學校、財團法人及民間業者之委託，進行地理資訊系統相關技術之研發工作，並不定期舉辦地理資訊系統推廣教育課程及短期訓練班，以推廣地理資訊系統技術應用。

The Geographic Information System Research Center was established to integrate：

Remote Sensing(RS)
Geographic Information Systems(GIS)
Global Positioning Systems(GPS)

Technology as the core, combined with modern information technology, conducts land and sea agricultural and fishery resource management, telemetry technology research and development, disaster prevention engineering planning, shipping management and chart drawing and other technical applications and software development research work.

The main research focus of GIS center is：Marine satellite telemetry, research on marine ecological dynamics and environmental changes on fishery adjustment and sustainable development; automatic ship identification system, application of fuzzy control logic theory, application of geographic information system, artificial intelligence, satellite communication and orbit planning, wireless communication system (action communication, wireless local area network, satellite communication, digital video and audio broadcasting, etc.); research on river hydraulics, surface hydrology, overall river basin management planning, urban disaster prevention and mitigation engineering, and geographic information systems.

GIS center aims at research, teaching and technology promotion at the same time, to train technical personnel related to geographic information systems to serve the school and off-campus academic and educational institutions; and accept the entrustment of government agencies, schools, foundations and private companies to carry out research and development of geographic information system related technologies, and hold geographic information systems from time to time System promotion education courses and short-term training courses to promote the application of geographic information system technology.

地理資訊系統研究中心之任務乃在結合地理資訊系統專家(包含計算技術、遙測、通訊、資料處理、空間分析、影像辨識等技術)以及領域專家(漁業科學、海洋科學、防災工程、航運管理、地質科學、人文社會科學等學門)，從事相關實務應用之研究。

在漁業及海洋面向，透過衛星遙測技術即時探測大範圍海洋表面溫度、葉綠素濃度及水位高度等資料，持續推動衛星遙測資料建構及人員技術培訓，應用暨解明許多重要水產資源海洋學與重要經濟物種(鮪、烏魚、燈火漁業等)之漁況預報，進而發展成為本校重點研究之一。

在航運管理面向，加強整合地理資訊系統、全球衛星定位系統、自動識別系統(AIS)、行動運算、資料探勘與雲端運算等多項先進之空間資訊與通訊技術，提供政府部門及船運相關產業，全方位的智慧管理方案。在水利防災面向，因應流域整體治理規劃，持續研究開發水文及水理相關理論技術，強化開放原始碼地理資訊系統之應用，發展網際網路地理資訊系統(Web-GIS)技術，進而針對政府部門及防災相關產業，依據規劃分析、災防應用等不同需求面向，提供相關規劃應用工具及即時演算分析產品。

Mission of GIS Research Center It combines geographic information system experts (including computing technology, telemetry, communication, data processing, spatial analysis, image recognition, etc.) and domain experts (fishery science, marine science, disaster prevention engineering, shipping management, geological science, humanities and social sciences, etc School), engaged in research on related practical applications.

In fisheries and marineThrough satellite telemetry technology, real-time detection of large-scale sea surface temperature, chlorophyll concentration, water level and other data, continue to promote the construction of satellite telemetry data and personnel technical training, apply and explain the oceanography of many important aquatic resources and important economic species (tuna, mullet) , Denghuo fishery, etc.), and then developed into one of the key researches of our school.

In shipping management, to strengthen the integration of geographic information system, global satellite positioning system, automatic identification system (AIS), mobile computing, data mining and cloud computing and other advanced spatial information and communication technologies to provide government departments and shipping-related industries with all-round wisdom Management scheme. In terms of water conservancy and disaster prevention, in response to the overall management plan of the river basin, continue to research and develop hydrology and water related theory and technology, strengthen the application of open source geographic information system, develop Internet geographic information system (Web-GIS) technology, and then target government departments And disaster prevention-related industries, according to the different needs of planning analysis, disaster prevention applications, etc., provide relevant planning application tools and real-time calculation analysis products.