Preamble
WHEREAS, there is a need to initiate, develop and implement a continuing and integrated program of aerial photography and base mapping covering the entire country consistent with the requirements of national development and security; WHEREAS, the mapping activities of all government agencies and private enterprises shall be coordinated in order to optimize the utilization of graphic data and information generated by the program. WHEREAS, considering that the program will generate data, vital to the economic and political security of the nation, stringent safeguards should therefore be provided in the taking and use of aerial photographs; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order the following as part of the law of the land.