GIS-based muslim cemetery information system

The current manual registration system applied by the Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam (MBSA), Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS), and local cemetery visitor in searching death information and grave cemetery location are still operated manually. This paper demonstrated the potential of GIS, GPS, Google earth and other ICT technologies in developing a digital Muslim cemetery information system in Section 21, Shah Alam. This proposed system (Islam-21) was developed based on the standard System Development Lifecycle (SDLC); i) to conduct user requirements analysis, ii) to design and develop the system and iii) to test the performance of the system. Although only 57 per cent from 30 respondents strongly agreed the need of the proposed system, the system was essential in fulfilling the user´s requirement particularly in giving grave direction and death information. The Islam-21 allowed the user to perform database query for grave or death searching, provided user with map direction of the detailed spatial death information. The future implementation of this innovative prototype might be increased among the people of Malaysia, thus its functions have being enhanced by applying interactive and dynamic web-based 3D database information and visualization for public service improvement.