Abstract:

Trivandrum being the capital city is one of the most developed cities in Kerala. Many major projects took birth here in the capital city during the last few years. One of the major cities in Trivandrum is Kazhakuttam which is now called as “New Trivandrum”. Such a growing city does not have a proper Geodatabase which could make the civil engineering works easier. The main objective of this study is to create a database of properties of soil at 0.5m depth from Kazhakuttam area. Evaluation of soil properties is a very time consuming process that also relies on the memory of the personnel that are responsible for maintaining the database. If such a geodatabase is available and easily accessible, it will be of great advantage for civil engineering works. Hence this study aims to investigate the development of a Geographic Information System (GIS) to better manage and disseminate soils information, as developed from soil test results (soil at 0.5m depth was taken).


Keywords— Soil mapping, Geographic information System, Digital Elevation modeling.;