Developing Web GIS Based Campus Navigation: A Case of Wachemo University, Ethiopia

Developing Web GIS Based Campus Navigation: A Case of Wachemo University, Ethiopia | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Developing Web GIS Based Campus Navigation: A Case of Wachemo University, Ethiopia Tariku Kebede, Adamu Dessalegn This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4002333/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Currently, the campus area is gradually expanding with the increasing number of university students. Consequently, it is difficult for freshmen or visiting staff to find a specific building at the campus. The aim of the study was to Develop Campus Web GIS Navigation System of the study area by using Geospatial technology. This research is mainly design to carry out the campus navigation of study area to provide better understanding of campus environments to all the stake holders like students, technical support staffs, academic staff, administrative support staffs and unfamiliar. Not only this but also used for integrating up to date information into campus navigation that will be used by concerned authorities to make any developmental plans and implement policies and programs. The general procedures to create web map navigation application are Geo-referencing Image, digitization, Road Network Analysis, Overlay Analysis and finally, a Web GIS Based Campus Navigation System has developed. The main activity of the system application is the map activity. It displays the campus map of the Wachemo University. The user can zoom and scroll this map to get his/her desired places. The building map is the basic layer of this screen. The end user can access by using this link: https://wcu-webmap.github.io/Web-Map-of-WCU/ Geographic Information Systems Campus navigation GIS Web and wachemo university Full Text Additional Declarations The authors declare no competing interests. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. 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