About

Foundation and purpose

Purpose

Founded in 2012, the Center aims to provide geographic information technology services that support academic research and industrial research, development and innovation at national and international level, and to become a hub of synergy in this field for Türkiye and its region.

Place within the University

In addition to the University's technology development activities, the Center's key functions include researching and developing joint projects with industry and other public bodies, and bringing these projects into the economy through implementation.

For this reason, besides contributing to academic departments, the Center aims to strengthen the University's outreach. It will also serve as a shared space where academic and non-academic institutions can develop projects together.

Fields of activity

1. To build the capacity to meet the country's scientific and practical needs in geographic information technologies; to carry out education and research; and to design, develop and implement innovative systems and technologies.
2. To develop software and hardware systems for national use in geographic information technologies, and to conduct scientific and technological research on the criteria that set out the procedures and principles for applying testing and certification models.
3. To design, procure and operate systems for storing, sharing and presenting geographic data, and to make these systems available to researchers and institutions at national and international level.
4. To cooperate with similar national and international organisations; to carry out service, support, education, research and development activities that facilitate the effective use of geographic information technologies nationally and internationally; and to establish the infrastructure required for this purpose.
5. To create the service infrastructure needed for the effective use of geographic information technologies in scientific research; to follow new developments and publish; to train human resources; to plan for increasing the number of researchers able to use these technologies; to organise training courses, seminars, workshops, conferences and panels; and to raise public awareness.
6. To increase the competitiveness of the national geographic information industry by providing consultancy on education and expertise in geographic information technologies and by developing national and international research and development projects based on geographic information.
7. To become a member of national and international scientific organisations related to geographic information technologies, and to support faculty members in carrying out research and studies in Türkiye and abroad in the Center's fields of activity.
8. To raise awareness among the academic, public and industrial research and development sectors and the general public in the geographic/spatial sciences, engineering, social sciences and health.

Management

The Center is managed by the Director, the Deputy Director, the Executive Board and an Advisory Board that also includes representatives from outside the University.

Directorate

Executive Board

Advisory Board

AK

İB

BU

SÖ

Researchers

Regulation

Regulation of the İTÜ National Geographic Information Technologies Innovation Application and Research Center

The Regulation was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Türkiye dated 19 July 2012, No. 28358. It sets out the Center's purpose, fields of activity, governing bodies (the Director, the Executive Board and the Advisory Board) and their duties.

The Regulation is available in Turkish only; the official text is the Turkish version.

Full text of the Regulation (PDF, in Turkish)