Pandeglang, Geospatial News - Indonesia is a disaster-prone area, because of its position crossed by three tectonic plates, namely the Indo-Australian Plate, Eurasian Plate, and the Pacific Plate. Disasters that occur are not only geological disasters, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes (tectonic and volcanic), and tsunamis. The threat of hydrometropological natural disasters, such as landslides, floods, to liquefaction, also lurks.
Learning from a number of disasters, such as the Aceh tsunami and Pangandaran, mitigation efforts are needed at both the government and community levels. "People need to know about geospatial. Geospatial knowledge is important for us to deal with disasters," said House Commission VII member Abdul Halim when Disseminated with Geospatial Information (IG) with the theme of the Role of Geospatial Information in Supporting Disaster Mitigation in Pasireurih Village, Cipeucang District, Pandeglang, Banten , Saturday, February 9 2019.
According to Abdul, disaster mitigation is a series of efforts to reduce disaster risk, both through physical development and awareness raising and capacity building to face the threat of disaster. Learning the process of disaster mitigation must start early. Moreover, this country has many experts to explain what can be done before, during and after a disaster.
Head of the Center for Geospatial Information Management and Dissemination (PPIG) BIG Khafid said, Geospatial Information is very much needed in the stages of disaster mitigation. "BIG as a partner of the House of Representatives Commission VII has the task of managing and utilizing Geospatial Information, one of which is in disaster management," he said.
According to Khafid, Geospatial Information is needed in the whole series of disaster management management cycles. IG can be utilized in the pre, when it happens, and post-disaster stages.
"We need their knowledge to minimize disasters, one of them is geography and spatial science," Khafid said.
In addition to material on the introduction of the IG function for disaster mitigation, the dissemination participants also received material related to the role of BIG in managing and producing geospatial data for development planning and developing the PetaKita mapping application. (AR / LR / NIN).
