Web GIS Development for Street Trees in Nakhonratchasima City Municipality

Abstract

Street trees in city are an important component of the structure of green urban development with an essential role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, cleaning, promoting lifestyle and improving mental health. The objective is to develop web GIS for street trees in Nakhonratchasima City Municipality (NCM) that Pho Klang and Jom Surat Yat road are selected as case study. This webGIS development-based System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) consists of 4 steps: (1) studying the currently concerned webGIS, (2) surveying requirement from 4 NCM officials and 160 NCM residents-based random simple sampling along such two roads, (3) designing webGIS with context diagram and data flow diagram, and (4) developing webGIS on ArcGIS online integrated to Word Press and Data Studio Google including webGIS test. As results, webGIS development on ArcGIS online comprises of 4 main parts: (1) dash board, (2) exploring for surveying street trees, (3) displaying GIS data and (4) reporting. This webGIS is accessed by 2 levels: (1) administration and (2) user. Then this webGIS is evaluated by 2 academic and 1 practice experts and 4 NCM officers. The output of this webGIS evaluation is in fair level with 2 strong suggestions: (1) add displaying date-month-year of tree planting and removing and (2) add displaying 3D. WebGIS testing is according to the goals of the researcher who have set.

Keywords: Web GIS, Street Tree and Green City