Geographic Information Systems for web-based maternity centers

Abstract

Abstract One of the benefits of the geographic information system (GIS) is that it is a tool for capturing, storing, and displaying data related to the approximate position of the earth. The delivery place is one of the critical areas that considered urgent to deal with the delivery of pregnant women. With this information system, it expected that the public could quickly obtain information on the distribution of the nearest birthplaces, profiles of medical personnel such as doctors, midwives, and nurses as well as available facilities. The methodology used in this study is the Rational Unified Process, with stages: inception, elaboration, construction, and transition. The results of this study are web-based GIS applications to search for distribution of maternity places to facilitate the community in finding anywhere the distribution of midwives, their location, and facilities in the midwife’s area.