AN IMPROVEMENT OF INTEGRATED GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM IN MANAGING SEWERAGE TREATMENT PLANT

In Malaysia, the Geographical Information System (GIS) is widely used by various organizations in both government and private sectors because of its various capabilities. The rapid development process in the large city in Peninsular Malaysia and new area has caused an increasing number of the sewerage treatment plant (STP) maintained by Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) every year. Nowadays, with the big services areas and limited staffs the IWK had faced many issues related to the sewerage such as a public complaint on blockage, overflow and others. Thus, based on the powerful function of this GIS, the IWK also has used the GIS application known as Integrated Geographical Information System (IGIS) in their daily routine works. However, due to the weaknesses of this existing system, it cannot be optimally utilized in managing and maintaining the sewerage system more efficient. The main objective of this research focuses on analyzing user requirements to improve IGIS based on the current issues faced by them. The method used in this study is qualitative method using a face-to-face interview with IGIS users in getting any feedback from them on the existing data with an examining what is the main attribute data required. Then a content analysis was used to analyze it by updating all the data required and removing unnecessary data from the IGIS. As a result, the newly updated attribute data into IGIS will help the users to conduct proper planning in controlling the increasing number of STP every year and to manage the sewerage system more efficiently.

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Geographical Information System in the Exploration Environment

GeoArabia ◽

10.2113/geoarabia030105 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 5-16

Author(s):

Roger D. Abel

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Geographical Information System ◽

Portfolio Management ◽

Geographical Information ◽

Data Quality Control ◽

Gis Technology ◽

Attribute Data ◽

Analyse Data ◽

Exploration Environment ◽

Petroleum Development

ABSTRACT Geographical Information System (GIS) technology has been implemented at Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) within the Exploration Topographic Department, in support of various applications over the previous few years. The primary uses for GIS technology within Exploration are in providing users with simple access to corporate attribute data via a uniform map-based interface, thereby enabling them to carry out data quality control, spatial analysis, and mapping. Initially GIS technology has been implemented with applications linking to the corporate well database, to prospect and lead databases for portfolio management, and to seismic 2-D and 3-D location and interpretation data. Particularly for personnel new to the PDO environment, GIS provides a tool for users to become quickly familiar with the available corporate data and for managers to analyse data in a way not previously possible.

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Assessment of Impact of Aquaculture on Mangrove Environments in the South East Coast of India Using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS)

Asian Fisheries Science ◽

10.33997/j.afs.2007.20.4.001 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

Author(s):

M. JAYANTHI ◽

L. GNANAPZHALAM ◽

S. RAMACHANDRAN

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Information System ◽

Geographical Information System ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Geographical Information ◽

Agricultural Lands ◽

Shrimp Culture ◽

Fallow Lands ◽

Liss Iii ◽

The Impact

Rapid development of aquaculture in coastal areas has raised worldwide concern on its potential role in mangrove habitat loss. This study is an attempt to assess the impact of shrimp aquaculture on the mangroves eco systems. The land resources used for aquaculture development were mapped from satellite data and analysed using Geographical Information System (GIS) to assess the extent of conversion from different land types to aquaculture. The digital data from Landsat -TM of 1987, IRS 1B - LISS II of 1994, IRS 1C- LISS III of 1998 and IRS - 1D LISS III of 2004 were used for the study. Aquaculture area has increased from 6.91 ha in 1987 to 386.33 ha in 2004. Change detection analysis using GIS indicated that mangroves of 4.84 ha and degraded mangroves of 6.16 ha were converted for aquaculture. Major development of aquaculture has occurred from agricultural lands (176.99 ha) and fallow lands (234.25 ha). Forest plantation of 21.68 ha, mudflats of 23.63 ha, water bodies of 18.13 ha and sandy areas of 60.87 ha were converted for aquaculture between 1987 and 2004. The aquaculture farms of 15.03 ha, converted from agricultural lands were reconverted back to agriculture due to disease problems. The shrimp culture practiced in 109.47 ha was abandoned and lying as fallow lands. Mangroves at Pichavaram were not affected due to the development of shrimp culture. The study indicated that remote sensing and GIS techniques are ideally suited to the task of assessing changes in the mangrove environments due to aquaculture and have the potential to contribute for sustainable aquaculture.

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Tsunami vulnerability assessment mapping for the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia using a geographical information system (GIS)

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1315/18/1/012047 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 18 ◽

pp. 012047 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

R Najihah ◽

D M Effendi ◽

M A Hairunnisa ◽

K Masiri

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Geographical Information System ◽

West Coast ◽

Vulnerability Assessment ◽

Peninsular Malaysia ◽

Geographical Information ◽

The West ◽

Tsunami Vulnerability Assessment

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GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (GISy) IMPLEMENTATION WITHOUT GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SCIENCE (GISc) FUNDAMENTAL

International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering ◽

10.30534/ijatcse/2021/491022021 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 807-815

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Geographical Information System ◽

Spatial Data ◽

Professional Training ◽

Information Science ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Geospatial Data ◽

Geographical Information ◽

Basic Knowledge ◽

The Impact

This article reviews the use of Geographical Information System (GIS) has been primarily applied in spatial decision making from simple to complex geospatial problems. GIS is usually referred to as a computer system used explicitly to store, manage, analyze, manipulate, and visualize geospatial data. GIS can produce meaningful information for a better understanding of solving related geographic/spatial problems. With the technology, hardware, and software assistance, GIS is at its progressive pace even though GIS starts with a simple and straightforward question of geographic features/event location. This rapid development has made GIS and spatial data becoming a critical commodity today. However, without the basic knowledge and GIS understanding, the actual GIS capabilities, such as understanding geographical concepts, managing geographic phenomena, and solving geographical problems, become limited. To become worse, GIS is was seen as a tool to facilitate map display and simple spatial analysis. Furthermore, the market's professional training emphasizes simple GIS components such as hardware, software, geospatial data mapping, extracting geographical data from tables (tabular data), simple queries or display, and spatial data editing mastered using GIS manuals in training. Thus, this article highlights the impact of implementing GIS without sufficient GIS fundamental knowledge, resulting in complicated spatial decision planning issues.

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