SMT201 AY2019-20T1 EX2 Tang Wan Yee
Contents
Map 1: Map Layout With 4 views showing Roads, Buildings, Natural Features and Digital Elevation
Target Roads
Targeted roads: Service and tracks, is important for the transportation of construction materials during the building of the national Communicable Disease Quarantine Centre (CDQC). Therefore, it is important for the new location for CDQC to be near these roads. There are 186 service roads, the majority of them can be found in at the North-East side of Gombak (in Bukit Panjang camp). There are only 2 track roads, found at the South-West side of Gombak. The location of target roads is crucial when making the decision based on the accessibility factor.
Buildings
There are 527 buildings in Gombak. Some of the buildings are categorized into 7 main types namely clinic, constructions, garage, place of worship, public, residential and train station. Among the categorized buildings, the majority of it are residential. Many of the buildings remain un-categorized, so I categorized them under “others”. When building a CDQC, we need to ensure that it is away from buildings, as there are a large number of people in them, this is to prevent diseases spreading to the nearby population. The location of the buildings is crucial for making decision based on the health risk factor.
Target Natural Features
There are 4 parks, 3 water bodies and 1 forest in Gombak. I have chosen to use intuitive colors to identify them on the map, forest is colored dark green, whereas parks and water bodies are colored light green and blue respectively. The location of the natural features is crucial for making decision based on the natural conservation factor.
Digital Elevation
When building the CDQC, we also need to take into consideration the ground elevation. From this model, the darker blue represents a higher ground elevation. We can see that the middle and bottom part of Gombak has quite a high elevation, with the highest ground elevation at 143m above sea levels. This plays a crucial role in making decisions based on economic factor.
