Designing a Web Application for Necip Fazil Kisakurek Park, Kahramanmaras, Turkey

Abstract

As we all know; trees are the true assets of urban areas and they are also part of our community's infrastructure. Thus, they require care and maintenance same as other public properties in the cities. Trees may cause personal injury or property damage without proper care. The aim of this study was to design a web application for the Necip fazil Kisakurek Park, located in the district of Onikisubat, Kahramanmaras, Turkey. This study was conducted in two parts. In the first part, an inventory for trees in the park was conducted. GPS coordinates, tree height, diameter at breast height (dbh), crown diameter, tree type (Deciduous/Evergreen) of each individual tree were gathered with ground measurements and field observations. Attributes of 70 trees were retrieved during the inventory. After tree inventory, a total of 17 different species were identified where Fraxinus was found to have the largest number of trees with 18 in the study area. In the second part, a database was designed for the trees inventoried and then a web application was created. The first one was web application with interactive legend for web-based tree information system that was created for general public using ArcGIS Online. Attributes of each tree are given to the user via pop-up window in this web application. This web application is publicly accessible. Users may interact with the web application via browsers by personal computers, tablets, or smartphones.