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    Potentials of Geospatial Database for Urban Land Use Management: A Case Study of FUT Minna Staff Quarters, Gidan Kwano Campus
    (University of Abuja Press, 2017) Kemiki Olurotimi Adebowale; Odumosu Joseph Olayemi; Mohammed Fatima O; Popoola Naomi Ijadunola; Ayoola Adeyosoye Babatunde
    Geospatial database helps to provide information about real properties. This study attempted to develop a geospatial database that will assist in managing residential properties in FUT Minna Staff quarters at Gidan Kwano Campus of the University. Structured questionnaires were administered to collect primary data and the image of the study area was downloaded from Google earth. Maps were produced showing various conditions of the building elements, services and facilities considered were doors, windows, ceilings, roofs, access roads, electricity, water supply, security and landscape. Furthermore, the occupant responses were analyzed using equal weight by taking advantage of the commutative and associate properties of matrix addition in order to arrive at an overall suitability index used in ranking the houses. The use of GIS in property management practice has proven to be efficient and a highly relevant decision making tool.
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    A Review of Geographic Information Systems Applications to Election Mapping in Nigeria
    (School of Environmental Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria, 2018-04-12) Okolie, C.J., Adesina, E.A., Irivbogbe, H.E., and Umar, A.A.
    Elections are the major hallmark of democratic societies and many countries have begun applyi Geographic Information System (GIS) to manage the electoral process. GIS is also utilised by political parties to access the dispositions of voters and determine where to focus their campaign efforts. In a GIS, a combination of thematic layers of administrative areas such as population and land use can yield meaningful relationships or scenarios critical to decision-making processes and this makes it an exceptional tool for the management and analyses of election at all stages. Nigeria’s national electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has not been very proactive in leveraging GIS and Information Technology for ensuring hitch-free, free and fair elections in the country. GIS is key in enforcing the transparency of this system. This paper review the developments of GIS for election mapping in Nigeria and discusses their applications in Nigeria’s electoral system. The study shows that the status of GIS applications for electoral mapping in Nigeria is still in an infancy stage. The critical turning point lies in the full exploitation of GIS by the government’s electoral apparatus.