JAKARTA (Media): All the islands in Indonesia this year will have the name of the applicable international standard. Naming or Toponymy results will be directly registered on the ninth session of the United Nations on the Standardization of Geographical Names (United Nations Conference on Standardization of Geographical Names / UNCSGN), this year.
Empowerment Director for Small Islands Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Alex Retraubun to Media Indonesia, yesterday to explain his side during 2005-2006 has been completed surveys in 22 provinces, which included 10,662 survey points. The remaining 11 provinces, will be completed this year.
"Settlement of the rest is not heavy. Standardization of data will be consistent with field data verification process in 11 provinces," he said.
If the data collection and naming of the islands was over, even Indonesia will have around 17 thousand islands.
The remaining eleven provinces of Jambi, Bengkulu, Bali, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Banten, OKI Jakarta, Central Kalimantan, Irian Jaya Barat, Riau, and Yogyakarta.
Alex added, naming the standard caution needed in the notice rules and regulations. Example for naming Sophialouisa Island in NTB. Public protests that name because it does not reflect their culture so that the proposed name change. "This proposal is used for national standardization," said Alex.
Meanwhile, a few examples of a new island in East Nusa Tenggara Island Kodi example, Small Dao Island, and Aianak Island in the waters Baa, the capital of Rote Ndao. Still, NTT, a new island's name is also standardized among other Ule Island, Island No (means coconut) coconut-rich, and Nusalafo Island commonly known as Batukapal Island.
Strait waters in the area USU, there are 34 islands which had been given a name. For example there is named after the island and the island of Mouth Two Lowaledo. Aquatic Selayar in South Sulawesi, giving the name of the island taken from the pronunciation (phonetic) the local population and the Book of Leaves Lontar. For example given the name Tanajampe and Kalautoa.
Interestingly, in this Island comes Kalautoa new island as a result of tectonic earthquake and tsunami on Flores in September 1992.
The results of such verification, he added, taken to a specialist Toponymy and the National Team standardization RBI Name chaired the Minister of Home Affairs. In accordance with Presidential Decree No. 112/2006 on the National Team Names RBI standardization, a member of the Minister of Defense, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of National Education, and Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.
"If the naming is completed and registered in the United Nations, is expected to also note that their potential can pemanfaatnya planned," he continued.
In a separate occasion, Chief Rudolf Matindas BAKOSURTANAL to the Commission VII of the House, some time ago, in order to support the resolution mentions the map of the earth in this way, this mapping agency was completing a map with a gap approach.
Gap covers uncharted territory, the map that has not wilayaln meet basic map, a map is still shaped analog (not digital), and the region already exceeds the time map updates.
