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Kumbh Mela of Prayagraj is an important religious and historical event which involves large congregation of people. Millions of people gather at the bank of the river Ganga. This study demonstrates the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing for the mapping and management of Prayagraj Kumbh Mela of the year 2019. The facilities like police station, fire station, cultural pandals, accommodation, etc., were mapped from the maps and Google Earth images through GIS. The Land Use Land Cover (LULC) classes of this region were identified from Sentinel 2 images. Six LULC classes, namely vegetation, built-up, sand, water, open ground, and tents, were generated through supervised image classification. The spatiotemporal LULC pattern changes that occurred during the Kumbh Mela were analyzed. A cloud-based web GIS platform was developed through which anyone could view the work related to the Kumbh Mela. A web interface was created using Apache Tomcat, GeoServer, and OpenLayers. It was uploaded on the cloud platform by using the Amazon Web Services. This study depicts how novel techniques like GIS, remote sensing, and cloud computing can be used to analyze the world's largest pilgrim gathering and disseminate the related information to the public. |
