RI develops new mapping machine<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Agency for the Assessment and Application of
\nTechnology (BPPT) and PT Remedial Piranti Jaya trading company
\nhave developed a sophisticated mapping machine called Geolink.<\/p>\n
\"We'll soon start promoting the new mapping equipment to the
\nIndonesian public,\" BPPT project manager Iwan Gunawan said
\nTuesday.<\/p>\n
He said the mapping machine used global positioning system and
\ngeographical information system technology, developed by
\nGeoResearch Inc. of the United States.<\/p>\n
One machine, which is linked to 27 satellites, comprises a
\nsatellite data receiver, data recorder, data monitor and
\nrange finder.<\/p>\n
Using 27 satellites (and three reserves), which operate 24
\nhours a day covering the whole world, the portable machine can
\naccurately record longitude, latitude, elevation, velocity, and
\ntime.<\/p>\n
\"One advantage of this equipment is that it can make a very
\ndetailed map. The equipment, for example, can be used to record
\nthe number and positions of oil palm trees in a plantation,\" he
\nsaid, adding that this included recording the kinds of plants
\naround an oilpalm tree and the contour of the land where it
\ngrows.<\/p>\n
He said an appraiser could use the machine to measure the size
\nand contours of land and any transaction agreements.<\/p>\n
Cindy Tolle, a GeoResearch field research scientist, said the
\nmachine was used in U.S. transportation.<\/p>\n
\"By using this kind of sophisticated technology, the
\ngovernment can now save a lot of road maintenance costs as it has
\nan accurate and detailed map of the country's roads,\" she said,
\nadding that the U.S. government now required the country's
\naviation and shipping firms to use the machine for safety.<\/p>\n
PT Remedial Piranti Jaya president Sugiarto Muljadi said the
\nmachine could be used in telecommunications, energy, navigation
\nand fishing industries.<\/p>\n
He said his company received a license to develop and market
\nthe mapping machine in Indonesia from GeoResearch last year. \"We
\nchose to cooperate with BPPT because we thought the agency had
\nthe technological capability to develop such equipment,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said his company had spent about Rp 500 million
\n(US$215,517) developing the technology, and that it would sell
\nthe machine for $10,000 each.<\/p>\n
PT Remedial signed a memorandum of understanding recently to
\nsell the machines to the University of Lampung, he said.<\/p>\n
He said his company and BPPT would develop the technology
\nfurther for applications in other sectors. (bnt)<\/p>",
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