Abstracts

Theobjectives of  this  researchis to survey and collect the data for Pak Phraek Community historical sites  and to create the historical maps of Pak Phraek Community, Kanchanaburi Province. The population  and key informants included; villagers, philosopher of the Pak Phraek Community, 3 historical scholars, and the government agencies.There are four steps of data collection which are; Community Coordination, Observation and Survey, Interviews and Lesson Learned. This research used thegeo-informatics concept, Participatory Geographic Information System concept (PGIS), and the walking map conceptas the main concepts for this study. The research results are  as follows:

1) the surveyed data for the historical map making of Pak Phraek Community has concluded two issues as follows; the first issue, Pak Phraek community economy map, from the walking map to the completed map and importing into the geographic information system (GIS), found that there were 97 stores with 22 types of shops. The second issue, the map of Pak Phraek community historical houses/sites from the walking map surveying, to the complete map and imported into the geographic information system (GIS), found that there are 40 learning resources. 2) The historical map making of Pak Phraek Community  implemented the geographic information system in the production and development of the Pak Phraek Community map which included; field work, data input, data edit, data management, data manipulation, data analysis anddata display. In this way, the Participatory Geographic Information System (PGIS) concept has been adopted to be one of the work processes by free program software, for mapping. The results show that the information obtained from the PGIS process, the community and researchers were able to create a new map obtained from  real/living information  and to create community ownership of the data. 

Keywords: Walking Map, Geographic Information System, Historical mapofPak Phraek community, Kanchanaburi

Introduction

The policy of Thailand 4.0 encourages research that incorporates science, technology, and innovation. This research located a community that has the potential and readiness to conduct a science, technology and innovative research to help develop the community into a sustainable community by adopting to a Smart City concept. The Pak Phraek Community, is located in the urban area of Kanchanaburi. The Pak Phraek community is a commercial districtas well as a tourist attraction and learning center for Thai ancient history and architecture located on Pak Phraek Road,  the area that intersects between Wat Nue (Devasangkharam Temple) and Wat Tai (Chaichumphon Chanasongkhram Temple). Pak Phraek Community is a multi-cultural community containing religious learning resources, ancient architecture and historical learning resources, as well as a tourism learning resources. The community is supported as a tourist community by Kanchanaburi Province. ((Department of Tourism and Sports of Kanchanaburi, 2016). ). Based on researched data, Pak Phraek Community has sufficient potential to develop into a Smart Community.Pak Phraek community was founded since the reign of King Rama III and has a history related to the early Rattanakosin period; it was the location to build a new city to replace the old town of Kanchanaburi during the reign of King Rama III. During World War IIthe area was the operation center for Japanese soldiers and prisoners of war.

The Smart Community Concept is a presentation of digital economy and social drive by applying the digital technology to effectively develop the community. However, the important topic for community development should be to understand the problems and needs of people in the community and to ensure a participatory design that is most suitable for the properties of that community to provide people with a better quality of life and sustainable growth. ((Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, 2016)). The research was conducted to develop the community’s tourism by creating an innovative map using Geographic Information Systems: GIS, which is an innovation that can be used to develop communities.  The innovative maps can develop the community tourism through surveying and developing a historical map to offer information about the history of Pak Phraek Community and as a guide to the historical attractions of the community.

As an introduction, the researcher became interested in the research and development of the Integration of Anthropological Surveying tools, Walking Maps with the Geographic Information System to develop the Historical Map of Pak Phraek Community, Kanchanaburi in order to survey data for the historical map of Pak Phraek Community, Mueang Kanchanaburi District, Kanchanaburi to be a Smart Community Map (Smart Map) that can be used as a tool in the area of ​community development and tourism management. The two research questions proposed are: 1) What does it look like? and 2)  how does it look as a tool to aid the development of  the Pak Phraek community to be ready and develop as a Smart Community model in Kanchanaburi?