Observations of natural resources now to make progress with the latest satellite used to update the maps, geological mapping of the southern mountains of Java, inventory, assessment and use of land cover, and to monitor landslides, erosion, and oceanography.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), which has worked with Indonesia since 2006 now supplying satellite data Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS), which orbited in 2006, in addition to monitoring-related matters are now also supplies agricultural disaster data and measure the carbon dioxide content stored in the forest. So far 525 pieces of satellite images supplied by JAXA.
Institutions involved include Coordinating Board Survey and Mapping for base map updates, the Department of Agriculture for the movement of water and land degradation, the Department of Forestry to estimate the volume of timber in Kalimantan, the Department of Energy and Mineral Resources for monitoring geological, IPB for the object identification and classification of land cover in Greater Jakarta, ITB, and Syiah Kuala University for the detection of land cover changes in NAD.
According to the Head of Development and Utilization Center for Remote Sensing Technology Institute of Aeronautics and Space Agency (Lapan) Ruth Dewanti, disaster management performed until 2012 and the monitoring of carbon and fire in 2009-2014. (YUN)
Source: cetak.kompas.com
