Introduction
Information Technology along side Scientific and Technological
innovations has been developing in a way which practically controls wealth
and power of a nation. These technological innovations are actually
achieved with the aim of human welfare. In fact 80% of the rural
community people of third world countries do not get any fruit of these
innovations achieved at the expense of billion of dollars. To the tune of only
20% of the people living in and around urban areas are utilizing the benefits
of such developments. Modern information technology has transformed
into a source of development raw materials, wealth and power of a nation
are directed for the well-being of humanity. The modern and the new
information technologies side by side with scientific and technological
innovations have greatly influenced the chronological development of mode
of information resource centers and technology development (Faruque et al.,
2014).
According to Lado et al., (2017) computerized barangay information
system is appropriate for use of barangay employees, who have access to
profile of barangay residents for the direct reports. Moreover, departmental
organizational staffs which have a business need for this information for
their business unit can also benefit. This is responsible for an effective and
efficient approach for barangay employees and residents. It well help them
accomplish task faster and would also eliminate the need of a large staff. It
will provide profile-based information for residents.
According to Rambaldi et al., (1998) resource mapping allows
community members to identify, locate, and classify resource occurrence,
distribution, use, tenure, and access. Critical locations such as areas known
for illegal fishing, pollution, and siltation, among others are identified and
mapped. The resource map is an essential input for planning and
monitoring and evaluation purposes.
Malita, as the scope of this project is the capital municipality of
the Province of Davao Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2015
Philippine Census, M alit a h a s a P o p ula tio n
of 117,746 people. The
municipality is the main economic center of Davao Occidental province,
agriculture and fishery are the main industries of the municipality. The
current system being used by municipal personnel in gathering data of
household, population and commodities is the survey process in which they
need to transport in different barangays of Malita and then manually
evaluate.
Thus, the developers proposed Web-Based Barangay Information
System that will automate the management of barangay household,
commodities, population, and establish geotagging of products and goods
for barangays. It will utilize Google Map Application Programming Interface
(API) to locate the commodities available per barangay.
Objectives of the Study
Generally, the system aimed to establish a Web-Based Information
System of the barangays in Malita, Davao Occidental.
Specifically, it aimed to:
1. Automate the management of barangay household, commodities
and population;
2. Populate barangay data to be viewed in municipal webpage in
order to monitor the increase and decrease of households,
commodities and population for an immediate action; and
3. Establish geotagging of commodities for barangays which will
utilize Google Map Application Programming Interface (API) for
Malita, Davao Occidental, to locate the commodities in each
barangay.
Significance of the Study
The study was designed for the Municipality of Malita, Davao
Occidental. The implementation of this study is useful for appending
benefits of the users. The administrator was regarded as an important user
who can access the entire system and monitor the data being saved.
Through the portal, municipality was updated and more aware of barangay
situations in terms of household, commodities and population. They can
also organize programs that can help the barangays. Furthermore, it
provided information assistance for community growth and development.
The barangay personnel could efficiently implement the benefits to their
constituents. Through this study, the community will efficiently receive any
local government benefits that could give alternative solutions to the
problems of community to maintain productivity.
Scope and Limitation of the Study
This system was designed for the Municipality of Malita, Davao
Occidental and its barangays. It was limited to access by the administrator,
municipal personnel and barangay personnel. The study covers only the
household, commodities, population and geotagging. The household
contains the resident’s profile. In addition, the system can count the total
households and population. The system populates barangay data to be
viewed in municipal webpage in order to monitor the increase and decrease
of households, commodities and population for an immediate solution, and
using the barangay coordinates which to be manage by the administrator
and the commodity information from the barangay was used to utilize the
geotagging of commodities.
