Author(s)

Jafar Adam¹, Samaila Saleh^1*, Adekunle T. Olowosulu², Ahmed H. Ashara², S. Srividhya³

¹Department of Civil Engineering, Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, Katsina, Nigeria.
²Department of Civil Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
³Department of Civil Engineering, SRM University, Chennai, India.

GIS relates and integrates spatial data from various sources, for storage, retrieval, analyses and display. This paper presents the analysis and mapping of Geotechnical data using natural neighbour interpolation tool of GIS. The Campus of Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic Nigeria was as the study area, and Arc GIS 10.2.1 was used to perform the analyses. The study used soils samples from ten trial pit distributed within the study area and subjected to various laboratory tests. Index and engineering properties of the samples were determined. Map database developed in a GIS environment and the result of the laboratory tests stored, were analysed and displayed using GIS. The research results show maps of various soil properties. The research result provides estimated data for preliminary designing of engineering infrastructures in the area.

Geographic Information System, Soil Properties and Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic

Adam, J. , Saleh, S. , Olowosulu, A. , Ashara, A. and Srividhya, S. (2018) Mapping of Soil Properties Using Geographical Information System (GIS): A Case Study of Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic. Open Journal of Civil Engineering, 8, 544-554. doi: 10.4236/ojce.2018.84039.