Because of the existing probsems in Military Base Site Selection (MBSS)
and many other factors affecting this process, the use of new computrized
techniques is very urgent. Unfortunately many of the existing garrisons in
Iran have been selected at unstitable sites causing many problems in their
management and missions performance.
The goal of this research has been studying logestic base site selection
and developing suitable and efficient method based on GIS. Hence, for
evaluation and weighting of the effective facfors for MBSS, questionaires
have been prepared and filled out by experts.
The area of this case study is located in Arak. Basic information has
been gathered through digitizing the existing maps including topography,
Iran"s air-lines maps, hydrology and water qudlity, soil, geology and
non-spatial data (via documents, books, maps) and a geographic database
was built upon them. Then topological relations among the features in 16
layers (including pavek roads, slopes, water quality, etc.) were defined for
analyses. In each layer, the different zones (totally 55 zones) were
delineatid. Then by weighting each zone and combination, diffrent zones
suitable site for logestic baseshave been specified. The final suitable sites
have beenselectedby considering decision makerspreferencesand tactical
factors.
The results of this researchshow that current sites of garrisons had not
been selected suitably and the capabilities and advantages of the GIS
(considering time, expenses, accuracy) to the traditional methodes is
demonstrated also advantages of the weighting method to the boolean
approachesshown in this research.
According to the results of the research, using GIS for MBSS and
evaluation of the capabilities and limitations of different sites includin