The Development of a Smart Map Information System Linkage with the Naga Beliefs based on the Community Information
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The research aimed to 1) study the dynamics of Naga-related folklore and beliefs of different areas, 2) develop a smart map information system, 3) promote learning and use the information system to map beliefs about the Nagas. Interview with the key informants were 30 people who provided important information about beliefs in the Naga. Evaluating satisfaction with the use of information systems, 150 people. They were derived by a specific sampling. A qualitative content was analyzed and synthesized by a descriptive method. Statistics used were mean, and standard deviation. The research findings were as follows. 1) the dynamics of Naga stories and folklore of different areas were indicative of different contexts, geographical and physical surroundings of the Naga. The dynamics in the study can be divided into four ages: the Naga dependent on natural resources and water sources, the Naga in the age of changes and development, the Naga in the age of modernization and inequality, and the Naga in the age of tourism and commercialization; 2) the smart map information system linked to the Naga beliefs could be divided into two parts: (1) the information system part; (2) the coordinates to be linked to the geographical information. 3) The satisfaction of the information system users under study was at a high level ( = 4.50, S.D. = 0.67)
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เนื้อหาและข้อมูลในบทความที่ลงตีพิมพ์ในวารสารทดสอบระบบ ThaiJo2 ถือเป็นข้อคิดเห็นและความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียนบทความโดยตรงซึ่งกองบรรณาธิการวารสาร ไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วย หรือร่วมรับผิดชอบใดๆ
บทความ ข้อมูล เนื้อหา รูปภาพ ฯลฯ ที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในวารสารทดสอบระบบ ThaiJo2 ถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวารสารทดสอบระบบ ThaiJo2 หากบุคคลหรือหน่วยงานใดต้องการนำทั้งหมดหรือส่วนหนึ่งส่วนใดไปเผยแพร่ต่อหรือเพื่อกระทำการใดๆ จะต้องได้รับอนุญาตเป็นลายลักอักษรจากวารสารทดสอบระบบ ThaiJo2 ก่อนเท่านั้น
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