THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE USE OF LAND TO GROW HERB IN MUANG KAEN PATTANA MUNICIPALITY, CHIANG MAI

Abstract

               The development of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is to display the utilization of land for the cultivation of the herb plantation in the Muang Kaen Pattana Municipality, Chiangmai Province. It aimed to develop the geographic information system to display the utilization of land for the cultivation of the herb plantation in the Muang Kaen Pattana Municipality, Chiangmai Province and to analyze the level of satisfaction towards the use of the geographic information system. This work is applied research that allows people in the community to participate in system development, information and suggestion provision, and system testing. The research found that the developed system obliges its users to quickly find the location of the coordinates of land for the cultivation of the herb plantation in the Muang Kaen Pattana Municipality, Chiangmai Province. The results of the questionnaire on the satisfaction of the system use revealed that the sample 0.45 was satisfied with the performance of the system mostly on the developed level with an average of 4.53 and the standard deviation of 0.45. It was followed by the geographic information system’s usefulness and application with an average of 4.47. When compared with the criteria set, it was found to be at an acceptable level.