Object-based geographical data model for determination of the cemetery sites using SWOT and AHP integration

Abstract

While in the times of feudalism the land was a source of wealth, having only a financial value, today it has become valuable as a limited resource. It should not be forgotten land is becoming scarce, so it must be very well planned and managed. In order for cemeteries to be sustainable and effectively manageable, it is essential to collect, store and examine information related to these sites like other types of areas. A geographic database design was developed in order to identify and resolve existing problems related to cemetery management nationwide in accordance with the ISO 19152 standard.

Keywords:

• Land management
• LADM
• cemetery
• geographic data model
• SWOT
• AHP

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes on contributors

Yakup Emre Coruhlu is a lecturer in the division of Land Management in Department of Geomatics Engineering at Karadeniz Technical University (KTU), Turkey. He received PhD degree with Management Problems and Solution Approaches on Protection and Development of Foundation Properties titled thesis in 2013, and obtained M.Sc. degree with Investigating the Solution of the Graphical Cadastre Problems: Case Study in Trabzon titled thesis in 2007. From 1999 until 2001 he worked for private surveying sector in which he was mainly involved in some expropriation projects. Between 2005 and 2007 he was research assistant. From 2007 to 2014 he worked as geomatics engineer at General Directorate of Foundation and also was responsible manager of foundational land administration. Since 2014, he is Professor (Associate) at KTU. His research interests are, land administration, cadastre, land registry, land valuation, foundational real estate, design of Geographical Database-real estate based, E-government, engineering education.

Volkan Baser is a lecturer in the division of Land Management in Department of Geomatics Engineering at Giresun University (GU), Turkey. He received PhD degree with Land management problems of coastal and marine areas and solution approaches titled thesis in 2014, and obtained M.Sc. degree with Examining of value increase process in the land converted from agriculture land to public works parcel: An example of Trabzon-Kaşüstü Municipality titled thesis in 2002. Since 2001, he has been working for his university and now is a Professor (Assistant). His research interests are, coastal areas, Geography, Planning & Development, Urban Studies, Computer Science, Information Systems, Education & Educational Research.

Okan Yildiz is a lecturer in the division of Land Management in Department of Geomatics Engineering at Karadeniz Technical University (KTU), Turkey. He received PhD degree with Structure of Turkish cadastre and new approach for multi purpose Cadastre titled thesis in 2013, and obtained M.Sc. degree with Coastal areas, Geography, Planning & Development, Urban Studies, Computer Science, Information Systems, Education & Educational Research titled thesis in 2002. From 1996 until 1998 he worked for private surveying sector. Between 1998 and 2014 he worked as geomatics engineer at General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre (GDLRC). Since 2014, he has been workinf for his university since 2019 he is a Professor (Associate) at KTU.