On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, the Department of Urban and Regional Planning of Diponegoro University (DURP Undip) held a teaching practitioner with the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning / National Land Agency (KemenATR/BPN). This teaching practitioner was about the Management and Utilization of Thematic Geospatial Information (TGI) to support sustainable development goals related to sustainable cities and land management.
This teaching practitioner program was conducted in order to improve students’ knowledge on the issue of spatial data availability. Spatial data is the basis for decision making and policy formulation related to spatial planning. Some data that are often utilized in the field of Urban and Regional Planning are spatial data related to land and space.
Land and Spatial TGI is geospatial information that describes one or more land and space themes that refer to physical appearances on the face of the earth. The Minister Regulation No.1 of 2023 explains that land TGI include determination of rights, land registration, land redistribution, community empowerment, land stewardship and utilization, land acquisition, land development, land consolidation, land valuation, control and control of land ownership, and handling/prevention of land disputes and conflicts. While spatial TGI includes spatial planning, spatial utilization, and control of spatial utilization.
Mr. Ir. R. Agus Wahyudi K., M.Eng.Sc., Director of Thematic Survey and Mapping and also the speaker, explained that land and spatial TGI is helpful for identifying the form of land parcels, reclassifying land parcels, reclassifying types of land rights, identifying land parcels, identifying protected rice fields, identifying trends in land value changes, determining the basic building coefficient, selecting locations, and others. Currently, the KemenATR/BPN has 3 TGI data utilization applications including SiPetik, Bhumi ATR/BPN, and GISTARU. However, there are challenges in management and utilization where the governance of geospatial data and information is not in accordance with the standards.
Through this teaching practitioner program, students are expected to understand the implementation of geospatial technology, especially in thematic mapping to support planning products in Indonesia. In addition, this activity is expected to be the starting point for other collaborations between DURP Undip and the Ministry of ATR/BPN.
