Multi-criteria based selection of fibre optic Internet- based business location: A case study of Nairobi central business district
Abstract
of a spatial nature, has been in use for more than 30 years. Initial use was limited to small
groups within individual agencies working on very specific projects of limited scope. In
the last decade, locating business premises has been recognized as a significant planning
problem and has received much attention from researchers in the planning sector.
The main objective of the study was to produce a GIS based solution to be used by
investors in deciding the best location for their internet based business premises.
Deliverables included a Nairobi central business district (NCDB) fiber optic network,
a Nairobi CBD digital map with fiber optic network incorporated, demonstrate the
use of GIS in planning and use the developed system to identify possible premises for
office space. Roads data was digitized from Nairobi Topo sheet while fiber optic
network data was acquired from Kenya data networks and incorporated in the digital
map of Nairobi CBD.Wired buildings list was acquired from Kenya Data Networks
(KDN) also and its spatial element collected from the ground using a hand held global
positioning system (GPS) receiver. After identifying important factors which
determine suitability for office premises location, a geodatabase was developed and a
user friendly structured query language (SQL) functionality model for querying the
database .For the purpose of the study, Nairobi Central Business District was used as
a case study
Citation
Master of Science in Geographic Information SystemsSponsorhip
University of NairobiPublisher
department of Geospatial and Space Technology