Geological Terrain Mapping using Geographic Information System (GIS) and Drone Photogrammetry

Authors

  • Muhammad Afiq Abdul Kahar Geoscience Department, Faculty of Earth Science, University Malaysia Kelantan, 17600 Jeli, Kelantan, MALAYSIA
  • Aziman Madun Faculty of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn of Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Johor, MALAYSIA
  • Hamzah Hussin Geoscience Department, Faculty of Earth Science, University Malaysia Kelantan, 17600 Jeli, Kelantan, MALAYSIA
  • Khaidir Abu Talib Faculty of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn of Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Johor, MALAYSIA
  • Saiful Wazlan Wahab Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia, Wisma JUPEM, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, 50578 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

Keywords:

Geological Terrain Mapping, Landslide, GIS, Drone Photogrammetry

Abstract

The research area was conducted within the Bukit Persekutuan, Kuala Lumpur, and it was located at the latitude 3° 8'32.93"N and longitude 101°40'32.80"E. The researcher carried out geological terrain mapping to evaluate the research area in accordance with the geological terrain classification attributes of each thematic map produced, namely, Terrain map, slope gradient map, erosion, and instability map, as well as construction suitability map. The occurrence of landslide events within the research area becomes a major contributing factor to thoroughly conducting an investigation by field mapping and analysing using the Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. The application of Geographic Information System (GIS) and drone photogrammetry images play an essential role to analyze and processing the data, thus, generate the thematic maps. The research area indicates that about 79.11% of the overall area was not appreciable with erosion, 8.58% contribute to the erosion, 11.00% of recent general instability and 2.97% represent a landslide event. The suitability for development mapping illustrated Class I (23.40), Class II (36.37%), Class III (26.39%), and Class IV (15.50%) where it can be referred to the construction suitability classification system, the suitability for development was high in class I, moderate in class II, low in class III and not suitable in class IV.

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16-12-2021

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Abdul Kahar, M. A. ., Madun, A. ., Hussin, H. ., Abu Talib, K. ., & Wahab, S. W. . (2021). Geological Terrain Mapping using Geographic Information System (GIS) and Drone Photogrammetry. Journal of Sustainable Underground Exploration , 1(1), 1-9. https://penerbit.uthm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/j-sue/article/view/10233