New mobile survey equipment launched
New mobile survey equipment launched
JAKARTA (JP): PT Remedial Piranti Jaya trading company and the
Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT)
have launched a new mobile survey equipment unit that can produce
surveying results faster and cheaper on location.
PT Remedial's President Sugiarto Muljadi said here over the
weekend that the mobile equipment -- called the integrated
terrestrial survey system (SSTT) -- has been developed since last
year and is now ready to provide survey services.
The mobile equipment, which is mounted on a jeep, can be used
to conduct underground mapping, particularly for mining;
aboveground mapping for property and agriculture; geotechnic
study; monitoring and analyzing pollution; and other types above-
ground surveys, he added.
The system comprises a mobile laboratory, which is equipped
with a global positioning system (GPS) and geographical
information system (GIS), visual sensor, heat tracking sensor,
geophysics sensor, geological data base and data processing
system.
He did not elaborate on the system's tariffs.
The project manager of the mobile equipment, Iwan Gunawan of
BPPT, said that the unit was the 40th in the world and the second
in Asia, after the one developed by Japan.
"By using this mobile equipment, we don't need to take all the
data from survey locations to our office for further processing
because the data is processed on the site of surveying
activities. We can do all the processing in the jeep and we can
access its computer for any kind of geological information," he
said.
The GPS and GIS systems were modified by BPPT from the U.S.
company GeoResearch's GPS and GIS technology, which was brought
to Indonesia through PT Remedial Piranti Jaya.
Previously, the Indonesian private firm, in cooperation with
BPPT, launched a new sophisticated and portable mapping machine
called Geolink. "Geolink products are now on sale here, costing
US$10,000 per unit," said Muljadi.
He said that a Geolink, which is linked to 27 satellites,
comprises a satellite data receiver, data recorder, data monitor
and range finder.
He said that his company received a license to develop and
market the portable mapping machine in Indonesia from GeoResearch
last year.
Muljadi is upbeat that the two kinds of technological
equipment, which cost his company about Rp 1 billion ($431.03
million), will be widely used in the country. (bnt)