Finding a Location via ArcView GIS

Author: Abdullah H. Alkadi
Organization: King Faisal University

POB 2628
Dammam , 31461, WV 26508
Saudi Arabia

Phone: 9663 8281354
Fax: 9663 8274859
al_kadi@yahoo.com

Finding a location in a very short time is very important to many agencies. This issue becomes more necessary for agencies that deal with emergency services such as police, fire departments, hospitals, and/or 911 for the USA. To some or many countries, emergency agencies can locate any place easily because of the street address. However, in Saudi Arabia, the case is different due to the lack of street addresses. This paper utilizes ArcView GIS to locate any place based on a telephone call. A special database that can locate a certain location in seconds was developed and linked to ArcView GIS.