Sensor for Disaster Mapping and Mitigation

Due to its geographic condition, Indonesia is vulnerable to various natural and man-made disasters such as earthquakes, flooding, forest fires etc. In order to better prepare and mitigate the disaster, Indonesia’s Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) led the initiative of using technology to map the disaster-prone areas with Geographic Information System. In the City of Surakarta for example, the local disaster management agency uses GIS to locate the optimum evacuation spots in the city that is affected by flooding every year.

Another example of the use of technology in disaster management and mitigation is petabencana.id, a platform that collects, sorts and displays information on current disasters in real time. This platform utilises social media data to map and show relevant data to the public about risk and occurring disaster in Indonesia including earthquake, flood, volcano eruption and fire.

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