Web-GIS to support maintenance reporting system: application in Saudi Arabia Available to Purchase

Recently, there has been an increase in the use of geographic information systems (GISs) for various purposes, which indicates the significance of this technology. This paper intends to examine the emergence of two technologies, particularly web and GIS, as a maintenance reporting tool. It is important that all buildings and public utilities at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals campus, Saudi Arabia, are safe and in good working condition, as they significantly participate in the delivery of every facility’s mission. Associated web developing tools such as JavaScript, MongoDB online database, jQuery, widgets and Google Maps application programming interfaces (including Geocoding, reverse Geocoding and Google Maps markers) were used to achieve the proposed solution. It was found that those tools could integrate, manage and visualise spatial data with respect to maintenance activities. Consequently, they save time for end users as well as achieve more than average daily work requests, enhance planning and scheduling, improve coordination between interrelationship departments and create a professional working environment.