THE USE OF GIS AND REMOTE SENSING IN STREET NAMING

Sulaiman Ibrahim Musa, Shuaibu Muhammed Ade, Isa A Sulaiman

Abstract


This paper employed the use of Geographical Information System and Remote Sensing techniques in the production of street name map of Mubi. It also highlights the new opportunities offered these techniques on functional street naming for economic growth in internet business and items delivery. The study makes use of Quick Bird as base map in street naming. Through CorelDraw, the raster image was converted to Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) and exported to ILWIS. A final map was produced through Georeferencing using tie points, digitizing and street naming input in ARGVIEW software. From the results obtained, it indicates that streets were named after; 1) areas to which they lead to, 2) towns and cities that are extremely far with no connection, and 3) names of famous or distinguished persons. The paper advocated for the full utilization of GIS and Remote Sensing for street naming that can be of use to tourists, and would enhance economic growth on internet based location of items delivery.

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