Aims to equalize the perception about the map of the earth, Coordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping (Bakosurtanal) as a body that has tufoksi earth map making map reading workshops for journalists in the building Bakosurtanal, Cibinong, Bogor District, yesterday.
The workshop was attended by journalists in national, regional and local level with the three presenters are competent. Among Priambodo Pariadi experts map of the Earth from surveys Widyaswara Bakosurtanal and two researchers Bakosurtanal Bambang Adi Junjunan Riadi and Mustafa.
"The media often use the maps as a complement to the news. As such, the journalists also must be able to make and read maps properly," said Priambodo Pariadi in his presentation.
He added that by understanding how to read a map, correspondents were expected to implement it.
Today, he continued, maps have become part of the broadcast news media, both print and electronic. "So that people understand the purpose of any such map. When one described, can be confusing," he explained.
Other presenters Adi Junjunan Mustafa said that the map could not be separated from geospatial. Geospatial information that focuses on geographic, time and space of an object.
"This is often used in the media, for example, in mapping and describing the disaster areas or border regions," he said.
Source: radar bogor
