Design of Survey Beacons Information System with Google Earth Being the Medium for Location Based Geo-Visualization; Case Study : Greater Accra Region of Ghana
Sebastian Botsyo & Kwabena Boafo
This is a summary on the paper on design of survey beacons information system with Google earth being the medium for location based geo-visualization; case study ? Greater Accra region of Ghana. This explains the latest developments in addressing the rising demand for cost-effective and easy access to survey beacons and their coordinates for land surveying purposes in Ghana. In the effective and accurate execution of any land surveying project in Ghana, there is the need for the use of existing, reliable, accessible and accurate survey beacons. In the global world and in the advent of technology, time is of essence and therefore easy and quick access to survey beacons and their coordinates is of uttermost importance, hence the need for a web base database to save time, cost and energy. Also locating these survey beacons on the Google earth will further enhance the use of modern and cost effective survey techniques to meet the rising demand for the land related positioning activities in the country. This paper looked at providing a comprehensive database of survey beacons and over laying on Google earth for their spatial location and linking it to a website for easy access and retrieval. The record of some major survey beacons in Greater Accra from Records Section of Survey and Mapping Division in Hard copy, the Record of GRN beacons within the project area from GRN office of the Survey and Mapping Division - Hard Copy (War Office coordinates) and Soft Copy UTM coordinates and Google map of the project area - Digital were used to create database and generate the KML files.
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