GIS a tool for tranportation infrastructure planning in Ghana : a case study to the department of feeder roads
Fiatornu, Stephen Yao
With the development of GIS technology, network transportation analysis within a GIS environment has become a common practice in many application areas. The key problems in transportation network system analysis are the deterioration problem and insufficient maintenance policies put in place due to lack of funds for infrastructure maintenance policies put in place due to lack of funds for infrastructure. This demand for information requires new approaches in which data related to transportation network should be identified, collected, stored, retrieved, managed, analyzed, communicated and presented for the decision support system of the organization. The adoption of newly emerging technologies such as Geographic Information System (GIS) can help to improved the decision making process in this area for better use of the available limited funds. The paper thus reviews the suitability of Geographical Information System (GIS) which was used as a pilot phase project in the Northern Region of Ghana to improve the decision making process in this area for better use of the available limited funds. The paper thus reviews the suitability of Geographical Information System (GIS) technology for managing the transport infrastructure in Ghana.
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