Mapping education facilities based on geographic information system

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the conditions of the community's needs for facilities, spatial distribution, and capacity of educational facilities in the city of Palu. The study used a survey method with a spatial approach as the basis for its analysis and the Neighborhood unit approach as the basis for mapping educational facilities by utilizing GIS in data processing and analysis as a whole. The results of the study show that East Palu Subdistrict is the main service center, indicating that in Tatanga Subdistrict there is even distribution of development in the field of providing primary school education facilities, and the capacity of primary school capacity in Tatanga Subdistrict is categorized more.