Development of “City of Lotuses” Map, Ubon Ratchathani Municipality The Development of “City of Lotuses”, Ubon Ratchathani Municipality Database with Google Maps Platform
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The purpose of this research were 1) to design and develop “City of Lotuses” Map, Ubon Ratchathani Municipality and 2) to assess the users’ satisfaction with “City of Lotuses” Map, Ubon Ratchathani Municipality. There were five phases in research methodology based on ‘system development life cycle’ (SDLC). The technology used includes Google Map and Google Street View to present location information in Ubon Ratchathani Municipality.
The results of the system development were divided into 4 groups, totaling 105 points, including 1) the old city area 2) temples in Ubon Ratchathani Municipality 3) places of government agencies in Ubon Ratchathani Municipality and 4) local wisdom sources in Ubon Ratchathani Municipality. The users’ satisfaction results from 44 users. The average users’ satisfaction was in the ‘agree’ level ( = 4.33) with standard deviations (S.D.) at 0.74. Based on the results of this research, the system can help tourists in exploring places within Ubon Ratchathani Municipality. In addition, the system also provides information of Ubon Ratchathani Municipality.
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