SITE SELECTION OF ELECTORAL POLLING UNIT USING GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY FOR ZARIA, KADUNA STATE NIGERIA

📄 Project Abstract

This study gives an insight to the site selection of electoral polling unit using geospatial technology for Zaria, Kaduna State Nigeria aimed at creating an appropriate model for citing polling units. For the purpose of this work, a base map, SRTM data, pollulation data and Landsat 8 satellite imagery were used to generate the land-use map of Zaria and to as well show the nature of the topography of the study area using ArcGIS 10.1, and IDRISI software. A seven parameters criterion was extracted from INEC objectives and summarized to polling unit proximity to voters, Road accessibility to INEC officials, Land use (public buildings, and open spaces), Clinic proximity, Slope and elevation, GMS masts and Water bodies. The generated thematic maps of these criteria were standardized using fuzzy logic approach. A weight for each criterion was generated by comparing them with each other according to their importance. With the help of these weights and criteria, final site suitability map was ...