Chang Yuan-hsu, director of the Department of Land Administration at the Ministry of the Interior, states a maxim: "For any economic or defense planning, land policy is at the forefront. And for any land use policy, surveying is at the forefront." In fact the importance of land surveying has long been understood.
「如果說國家任何的軍經建設，地政是先鋒；那麼地政的任何建設，測量是先鋒」，內政部地政司司長張元旭道出測量的重要性，而地籍測量就是其中一環。