Historical Places In Malacca (Enhancement Of Maps Manipulation Capability Through The Website) Using MySQL

The motivation to be involved with the field of study regarding GIS, has been emerging
in a fast pace in these few years.Much research had been done and performed, giving
tremendous and beneficial results towards this field. But most ofthe GIS applications
were developed usingthe vendors ownproprietary database, in which, this could promote
many problems. Geographic Information Systems alsoknown as GIS, are all about
gathering data andthen building layers upon layers of this dataand then displaying them
on a computer screen. The aim and the objective of the study done through this paper
wouldbe in usingMySQLfor developing a GIS application, thus showingMySQL's
ability for supporting GIS-based data, or in the otherword, the spatial data. While the
main objective in doing the study and developing the particular system is mainly using
MySQL in managing the spatial data, the otherintegral objectives which comes along
with this project are, providing better features and quality spatial data features from the
system for the users and also enhancing the capability of manipulating the maps, which
are provided through the system. TheMethodology beingused in developing this project
is according to the RAD Methodology, which involved the stages such as Requirement
Planning, User Design, Construction, and Implementation. These stages would be further
discussed through Chapter 3 of Methodology and Projectwork. And as for the
Conclusion, which could be derived from the entire project, from the research being
done, it could be seenthat, MySQL is able to support in the development of any GIS -
based application through thenew released of its database which also included the spatial
data management ability.