As we stand at the threshold of the next millennium, Qatar is perhaps the only country to provide fully integrated nationwide geospatial data infrastructure for a societal GIS. The decision making and decision support capability of this technology has urged more and more institutions in Qatar to adopt GIS as an integral part of their organizational infrastructure. In view of emerging facets of renewed development and the economic growth of the country, strategies are now being framed to meet the ever-growing expectations of the government agencies and populace alike, based on the GIS technology. We foresee the challenges and hurdles we have to face in implementing our plans, and we design the contingency plans too. But on the technology side, continually changing trends in GIS data concepts and modeling have put a heavy strain on resources. Moreover, comprehensive software solutions keeping pace with other fronts of information technology that address all the needs of this unique model are yet to emerge.