GIS AS A TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL MAPPING
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2019-04
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DEPARTMENT OF SURVEYING AND GEOINFORMATICS, FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN
Abstract
The paper focuses on using GIS as a tool for sustainable development in public secondary school mapping of Ilorin west local government area of Kwara State, Nigeria. The purpose is to map and carry out geospatial analysis of the public secondary schools in the study area to enable effective and efficient planning and management of the public secondary schools in a sustainable manner. This has been achieved through identification of the public secondary schools in the study area, mapping of the schools through the satellite imagery and global positioning system (GPS) technology, generating the attribute data of the schools, creation of GIS database for the schools and finally carry out geospatial analysis of the school data. The base map of the study area was obtained using SAS planet software package. The school addresses were obtained from the Kwara State ministry of education while the geospatial locations were obtained by field observations using GPS receivers and the attribute data through the administration of questionnaires and interviews with major stakeholders of the schools. A GIS database was created, the spatial and attribute data encoded, and geospatial analysis carried out including production of relevant maps using QGIS software. The resulting school location, student gender ratio, staff-student ratio, year of establishment and school type maps provides stakeholders with relevant maps and working environment for data management and also allows efficient query of information needed for decision making that would aid in sustainable development of the schools and education sector.
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APPLICATION OF GIS IN SCHOOL MAPPING
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Geospatial Analysis, Geospatial Analysis, GIS, School Mapping, GPS, Sustainable Development 29, School Mapping, GPS, Sustainable Development
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Ipadeola A. O., Abdulyekeen A.O., and Olatunde G., (2019). GIS AS A TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL MAPPING. Collaboration for Sustainable Development in the Built Environment. International Conference of Environmental Sciences, ICES 2019. 1st International Conference of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, 29th - 30th April 2019.