GIS Application to Build a New Parking in East Lansing City

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is being widely applied to official construction activities nowadays. This technique can not only display graphs for each spatial data displayed, but also provide a broad prediction and decision tool. The purpose of this paper is to describe the capabilities of GIS application in building a new parking facility in the city of East Lansing through wide analysis of the surrounding data. The results are displayed in maps and graphs. Finally, the recommendation area is selected using three criteria: proximity to the downtown area; the degree of VACANT; and distance from all buffers.