SPATIAL ASSESSMENT OF POPULATION DISTRIBUTION AND NAVIGATION MAP OF ESA-OKE, OBOKUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OSUN STATE.

Abstract

The use of remote sensing data and geographic information system techniques especially with high
spatial resolution satellite imagery has great capabilities for mapping and map revision. These
techniques have been used at various times and at different stages to study characteristics of earth
features, monitoring of natural and physical phenomena, and also to produce street maps and
population density maps of different places. In this study, the satellite image of 2022 was used to
produce a street map and population density map of Esa-Oke in Osun State. The methodology
adopted for the research was data capturing of high-resolution remote sensing images and census
data. The data acquired were processed using ArcGIS 10.2. Analyses carried out revealed the total
number of roads to be 109 while the total distance of the road network is around 70km. Major roads
account to be about 5% while minor road account to be 95%. The population density map revealed the
type of distribution that occurs in the study area to be a clustered pattern. From the study, it was
recommended, among other things, that government should create more bypasses and open up new
roads, especially in the areas that are yet to be built up to ease traffic and avoid environmental hazards
in the clustered areas of the town.

Keywords: Esa-Oke, Spatial resolution, Satellite Imagery, and Population density