Tourist Information System using ASP.net and GIS - Cafet Innova

International Journal of Earth Sciences and EngineeringISSN 0974-5904, Vol. 04, No 01 - Spl issue, January 2011, pp. 71-7671Tourist Information System using ASP.net and GISK. SURYA PRAKASH, N. VARADHARAJAN and S. SURESH BABUDept of Civil Engg, Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur - 635109, Tamilnadu, IndiaEmail: surya.future@gmail.com, vrdhrajan@gmail.com, sunisurp@gmail.comAbstract: Tourism is important for the successful growth of a country in an economically.Tourism is a relaxation place for people and people can plan their tourist places based oninformation. The existing system lacks in defining the location on the basis of geographicalco ordinates which is referenced to the earth. GIS provides this kind of information. GIS isan indispensable tool which is useful for providing the spatial data of the tourist spots. It isa web application which is useful for end user to know an area of tourism and its facilitieslike hospitals, ATM Centers, hotels, restaurants, resorts and petrol bunks. DistanceInformation and neighboring locations are easily known by this application. User can plantheir tour based on this web information. It is useful for people to know their tourist places,their importance, aesthetics, history and specialties. GUI is necessary for this kind ofapplication so that it is convenient for the user to look over their favorite tourist spots withthe single mouse click. ASP.net is a web application which is useful for creating graphicaluser interface for the convenient of the user regarding tourist information and its facilities.ASP and GIS combined together makes a very powerful tool for this kind of application andit is a welcoming one, among the usersKeywords: Remote sensing, GIS, ASP.NET, Tourism, Location Based ServicesIntroduction:GIS is useful for making maps and providingspatial and non-spatial information aboutthe geographical area. GIS is widely used inmany applications like forest, agriculture,geology etc. Tirunelveli is famous for itstourist places and it has many Tourist Placesand each place has unique features andSpecialties. The information about thetourist places and its neighboring Facilitieslike ATM, Hospitals, Hotels, and Restaurantsavailable in Internet is not an informativeone for people. A tourist person struggles alot to find an atm center, Hospitals andRestaurants. Tourist location is available inhard copy maps but it doesn’t give detailedinformation for tourist people. Informationabout the tourist places is not good either inInternet Maps or Hard copy Maps. ToEradicate and solve this kind of ProblemsGIS, Remote sensing and ASP.NET isNeeded.Study Area:The study area is Tirunelveli which is afamous place in Tamil Nadu for Halwa, atraditional south Indian sweet and its touristspots. Tirunelveli is located at 8.73 N and77.7 E.The city is also famous for its reputededucational institutions and hence it is calledas “The Oxford of South India". Tirunelveli isan ancient city which is rich in its culturalheritage, and ancient historical places whichincludes Nellaiappar temple the largestShiva temple in Tamil Nadu. The city isconsidered to be one of the oldest in theIndian subcontinent, with a history thatdates back to 1000 BC. It is located on thewestern side of the perennial ThamirabaraniRiver, whereas its twin municipal cityPalayamkottai, is located on the eastern sidethe tourist places available in Tirunelvelidistrict are Tenkasi, Courtallam,SankaranKovil, Papanasam, Mancholai hillstation, Kalakkadu tiger sanctuary, andManimuthar dam. Each of these places inTirunelveli has its unique features andspecialties. All of these places are in andaround 30 to 40 Km from Tirunelveli.#02040011 Copyright © 2011 CAFET-INNOVA TECHNICAL SOCIETY. All rights reserved.

74K. SURYA PRAKASH, N. VARADHARAJAN and S. SURESH BABUResults and Discussions:Information about Tourist Spots:Information of tourist spots like specialty ofthe Places, festival details and timing oftourist places like opening and closing timeis included in this application.GUI is verymuch important for this kind ofinformation.GUI is graphical user interface.Interactive Facilities like Text box,Dropdown boxes, and Button are included inthis application for the convenient use ofEnd user.Location Based Services:It is an important one for the people,because if a person is visiting a touristplaces he will be looking for basic facilitieslike restaurant, resorts, hotels, hospitals andATM centers. This kind of information isavailable in this web application. Lat, longand Address is available in this webFigure 3: Introduction of Tourist SpotsSample Outputs of Location Based Services:application. Satellite view of the touristspots and its facilities like ATM centers,Restaurants, Hospitals also provided in thisapplication. All the facilities are selectedfrom dropdown list boxes and informationabout the facilities is given in detail.Location of Tourist spots and facilities isindicated by blinking point and small text [3].Figure 4: Satellite View of Tourist SpotsInternational Journal of Earth Sciences and EngineeringISSN 0974-5904, Vol. 04, No 01 - Spl issue, January 2011, pp. 71-76

Tourist Information System using ASP.net and GIS75Distance Information of Tourist Spots:If any person likes to travel from place toplace, He needs the information of distance,travel time between the source and thedestination [4] . It can be fulfilled by thisapplication and also it provides theinformation of nearby locations. The roadnetwork from source to destination is shownby topo sheets and the places along thesource to destination are shown by blinkedpoint and small text.Figure 5: Detail Information of DatabaseFigure 6: Road NetworksInternational Journal of Earth Sciences and EngineeringISSN 0974-5904, Vol. 04, No 01 - Spl issue, January 2011, pp. 71-76

76K. SURYA PRAKASH, N. VARADHARAJAN and S. SURESH BABUFigure 7: Distance Details of the Tourist SpotsGlimpse of Tourist Spots:Figure 8: Speciality and Details of Tourist PlacesImages of tourist places are included in thisapplication.Information about the tourist places arelisted extensively and by this informationpeople will get an idea about the touristplaces and their specialties embedded withMother NatureConclusion:Internet is really, a revolution in technologyand people get their required informationfrom where they are with a single mouseclick and web GIS is another field of modernday technology where they get thegeospatial information. With the help of webGIS, people can easily access the spatialand non spatial data. Tourist informationsystem is a necessary and inevitable one,for the people who are planning to go fortourist places during vacations. Providingthe information of places of tourist by imageand text is insufficient, but when it isintegrated with GIS and ASP.net thetechnology fulfills all the requiredinformation.References:[1] GISdevelopment.NET.[2] Tourism GIS for Bhubaneswar Using MapGuide.[3] Map Guide for Tourism GIS.[4] Dundas Map for Integration GIS and DotNet.[5] T. Turk, M.U. Gumusay, GIS Design andApplication for Tourism, 2004.[6] Ch.Dondo, S.TBhunu, U.Rivett, GIS inTourism[7] Fridgen, J.D., 1991. Dimensions ofTourism. AH&MA Educational Institute,[8] East Lansing, MI.[9] S.Rostami, Tourism and GIS, 2000.International Journal of Earth Sciences and EngineeringISSN 0974-5904, Vol. 04, No 01 - Spl issue, January 2011, pp. 71-76