Geographic Information Systems for Highway Bridges in Prachinburi

Abstract

Geographic Information Systems for Highway Bridges in Prachinburi is study in order to develop adatabase system for highway bridges in Prachinburi. Not only to make the database is easy to search andmaintenance the bridges data but also to manage the responsibilities of Department of Highways. The studyarea covers 7 districts of Prachinburi Province as following: Mueang Prachinburi, Si Maha Phot, KabinBuri, Ban Sang, Prachantakham, Na Di and Si Mahosot. The general bridge’s information are compliedfrom the Department of Highways. The physical and coordinate date are collected from field surveying viaobserving and GPS consequently. All information are evaluated and managed to match using and lackingfunction of the Highway Department. The efficient database management system will be obtained for thebetter management system.

From this study interesting bridge information can be searched by age, length and road number tofind relevant bridge. Then the system can display bridge’s pictures to illustrate bridge’s conditions. Inaddition maintenance schedule can be arranged by time and personal report. This system also can reducepaper loss and laborious paper task.

Keywords : Geographic Information Systems (GIS) / Global Positioning System (GPS) / Bridge