Spatial Evaluation of Current Landuse, Elevation and Aspect Features of Nevsehir Province Lands (Türkiye) by GIS Mapping

Abstract

This study was carried out in order to evaluate the current land uses, land elevation and aspect characteristics spatially by using 1/25.000 scaled digital soil maps in Nevşehir province. For this purpose, Arc GIS 10.3.1 program from Geography Information Systems (GIS) software was used and some land features were classified as spatial. As a result of the research, it was seen that dry agricultural areas dominate the area and it covers an area of 336,653.36 hectares (60.47%). It covers a part of 109180.06 hectares of meadow and pasture area. When the land elevation is examined, it is determined that the highest land level is 1985 m and the lowest land level is 860 m. When the land surface is examined in general, it is seen that flat and near-flat areas are few. When the directional conditions of the lands were examined, it was seen that the lands were generally in the north oriented group.