GEO-SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND DISTRIBUTION PATTERN OF SOME SELECTED SPORTS CENTERS WITHIN DAMATURU METROPOLITAN, YOBE STATE
Abstract
This study focuses on mapping and evaluation of the sport centers within Damaturu metropolitan Yobe state by using Geographic Information System tools to analyze but the spatial an attributes data. The sport centers serve as a structure or complex that consist of many games an activists including gym, Badminton volleyball Tennis Handball Football Basketball another games that require body warming an auction which is been exploited in every sports center, but in this case not all the sport centers has several activities an categories .They are created with the aim to serve as points or location for exercise and fitness. To accomplish this research, the image of the area was captured and digitized collected from the office of the Surveyor General Yobe state and the existing Sport centers in the area were indicated using their coordinates captured by GPS observation. Buffer analysis tools was used to evaluate the pattern of distribution of sports center and the result shows that the distribution was random. The result of the service area analysis was used to show the service coverage to be use by population around the radius of 1km away from the center at a distance. It is also recommended that number of sport centers should be used as criteria for suggesting the creation of new Sport centers especially the Northern part of Damaturu. Key Words: Mapping; sport centers; Buffer analysis.
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