AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF CIVIL SERVANTS SPATIAL THINKING, AWARENESS AND USE OF MAPS IN AFRICA-NIGERIA

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences

Asiyanbola, R. A.^1¹ 

[1] Department of Geography, Faculty of the Social Sciences, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria^1

关键词: Space;    Spatial thinking;    Map;    Civil servants;    Nigeria;   

DOI  :  10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-3-53-2018

学科分类：地球科学(综合)

来源: Copernicus Publications

【 摘 要 】

The paper is an exploratory study of spatial thinking, awareness and use of maps among civil servants in Nigeria with a view towards enhancing capacity building in the development and use of global mapping and geospatial information technologies products and services. The data used in the paper was from administration of 152 questionnaires to civil servants in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria between February and August, 2017. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. The study shows among others that majority of the civil servants had situations in their daily lives or specialty that require spatial thinking; the three top situations in their daily lives or specialty that require spatial thinking were identification of places, wayfinding and walking; majority of them asked from people information about location, direction, distances and other needed information about places they do not know; majority of them were aware of maps; majority of them could read maps; majority of them had interest to learn more how to read maps and were willing to pay for the training.

【 授权许可】

CC BY