Design and implementation of a GIS system for planning

Geographic information system (GIS) provides a flexible and efficient general platform for planning and analysis, especially when large amounts of ever changing spatial information is dealt with. It helps managing the change in an economical and sustainable way. We decided to build a GIS to help in data management and in the dynamic planning process of our developing university, Al-Balqa' Applied University (BAU). In this paper, we present the GIS system, which we built for the campus of BAU and the customization of the needed software to help in decision-making and planning processes. Moreover, the output of our project is web enabled so that it can be used in the web site of Al-Balqa' Applied University as a web GIS application.