School Mapping :

The  School Education department, Government of Maharashtra has mapped all schools ( Primary, Upper Primary and Secondary) in the state. More than 97,000 schools have been mapped by officials of School Eduacation department, under technical guidence of Maharashtra Remote Sensing Applications Centre (MRSAC), Dept. of Planning, Govt. of Maharashtra.

The  present school mapping application show case 1) locations of schools in a villages and towns, 2) Details of school information and 3) Tools for proximity analysis   

How to use :

  1. At the begining of application, a map shows  School  Education Divisional groups . The application has top level menu bar and side panel containing table of map content.   The menu bar has  button controls for -   

    1. Zoom in

    2. Zoom out

    3. Zoom to full extent

    4. Buffer

    5. etc..

  2. Using zoom in /out / full extent button control, the user can reach to area of interest in the map, eg- a village in a district.   As zoomed in the map, the detail information about district, taluka, village with population ( 2001) and school locations will start appering in the map.   

  3. The school locations are shown in triangle with class availability as lebel ( 1-4, 5-7, 1-10, etc...)   

  4. For getting more information about the school, "Identity" button can be used.  Select "Identify" button and click on the school location. A info window showing school name will be poped up. Again on clicking school name in info window, the user will get detail information about school by visiting another site.

Use of Buffer tool for Proximity analysis :

This tool is for proximity school analysis. It helps in identifying nearest school facility of required class in user defined circular area.

To use the tool, select a Buffer tool from menu bar. An info window will get open for marker and distance input. Using marker button from the tool, place a marker at desired location, where proximity search is to be performed. In the distance box, enter the distance and press run.

The application will work out circle around the place marker and user can visualise and analyse the availability of schools in the buffer circle area.

Application usage :

At present, the application depicts all school in the Maharashtra State ( Except Mumbai city). The data of Mumbai city is being validated by Education Dept and will be ported shortly.

The School locations are being used in  Master Plan preparation of Education department.

In additon to above, it will be used in

  1. Planning  and Monitoring  MPSP, RMSA works

  2. School Examiniation Center Planning

  3. Elections

  4. Disaster Management, etc..