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                                                                <journal-id>ijet</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>International Journal of Engineering Technologies IJET</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">2149-0104</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2149-5262</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>İstanbul Gelisim University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.19072/ijet.1840805</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Planning</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Planlamada Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri (CBS)</subject>
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                                                                                                                                                            <article-title>GIS-Based Estimation of Corrected Standard Penetration Number Using the Best Semi-Variogram Model for Naogaon Sadar</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1580-483X</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Rahman</surname>
                                    <given-names>Md Mahabub</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8058-5816</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Alam</surname>
                                    <given-names>Md. Nur</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5098-1003</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Sarder</surname>
                                    <given-names>Maharullah</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University</aff>
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                                                                <issue>Advanced Online Publication</issue>
                                        <fpage>1</fpage>
                                        <lpage>16</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20251212">
                        <day>12</day>
                        <month>12</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260403">
                        <day>04</day>
                        <month>03</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2015, International Journal of Engineering Technologies IJET</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2015</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>International Journal of Engineering Technologies IJET</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                                        <abstract><p>The objective of this study is to calculate the corrected standard penetration number (SPT-Nc) and generate SPT-Nc thematic maps using the best-fitting semi-variogram model. The study is based on 79 standard penetration tests (SPTs) carried out at five SPT measurements per test on each borehole, at depths of 3 m, 6 m, 9 m, 12 m, and ~15 m from the ground surface. A number of factors, such as density, GW table, and overburden pressure, in addition to other correction factors, were introduced to obtain SPT-Nc values. The SPT-Nc at each depth was then computed with Microsoft Excel. Maps obtained as a result of this procedure were subjected to GIS-based thematic maps; for each map a different color was used to indicate the value of SPT-Nc. Maps were generated using ordinary kriging interpolation and tested with six semi-variogram models to find the best-fitting model. Among the six models, the stable, k-bessel and Gaussian semi-variogram models were selected for having the least nugget-to-sill ratio. Since underground consists of clay soil at shallow depths, SPT-Nc was less than 24 and 32 at 3 m and 6 m, respectively. At a depth of 9 m, SPT-Nc ranged from 21 to 35, covering 70.23% of the area measured. At a depth of 12 m, SPT-Nc reached a maximum of 47 due to the decrease in clay content. The greatest values were recorded at 15 m, with 82.6% of the area with SPT-Nc between 38 and 51.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>GIS</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Standard Penetration Number</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Semi-Variogram Model</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Naogaon Sadar</kwd>
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