Facility Mapping of Private Schools in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area in Rivers State Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems | Chapter 1 | New Horizons of Science, Technology and Culture Vol. 5

 

Facility mapping is a critical component in nation-building to show where these facilities are found, such as educational and other infrastructures. Education is a step to study and right thinking towards achieving clear objectivity. Private schools were established without considering the distribution of access roads, environmental impact and economic efficiency. Lack of a map showing the distribution pattern of private schools has made it very difficult for educational planners and policy makers to see where the schools are spread. Objectives considered were to (i) produce the shape and size of each school (ii) produce the distribution pattern of private schools in the study area, (iii) produce a map showing the proximity to other facilities, and (iv) carry out an analytical query model of the inputted information in the geographical database. The materials involved two Hi-Target (DGPS) receivers, Landsat Imagery of 2022, an administrative map of Port Harcourt Local Government Area and ArcGIS 10.8, while hybrid methods were used, such as classical survey, remote sensing and GIS through digitisation, and query analysis. The findings of the results showed a cluster progression; the area of the schools varies from 194.60 square metres to 36166.96 square metres. Proximity analysis indicated 10.64m to the Anglican Church, Library (481.26m) and 830.31m to mile 1 Market. The query model showed that areas above 500 square metres were 45 out of 50 schools, while schools with playgrounds were 19, and without playgrounds were 31. The study recommended that Planners should look into other areas for development, and some schools were not standard.

 

 

Author(s) Details

Jonah Iyowuna Benjamin
Department of Surveying and Geomatics, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

 

Morawo Joshua Oluwaseyi
Department of Surveying and Geomatics, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

 

Eke Stanley Nwaudo
Department of Surveying and Geomatics, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

 

Oladele Ezekiel Olalekan
Department of Surveying and Geomatics, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

 

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