fig congress 2018 - Application of remotely sensed satellite imagery for village boundary mapping in Indonesia : Case study in Hulu Sungai Tengah regency, South Kalimantan, Indonesia
Wiwin Ambarwulan, Tri Patmasari, Theresia Wulan, Titiek Suparwati, Sri Lestari
Indonesia is a big country with 250 million people and spread over 34 provinces, 416 districts, 98 cities, 7,160 districts and 83,184 villages. The administrative boundaries of a village are very important to affirm and to stipulate legal aspect in the management of resources. The setting and affirmation of the village boundary is the embryo for the determination and affirmation of boundary at the upper administrative levels. It is important to establish and confirm the official village area and boundaries as an effort to prevent village boundary conflicts. Currently in Indonesia, many villages have already village boundary maps but they are not yet compatible with cartographic rules. Only a small percentage of villages have village boundaries in accordance with the Minister of Home Affairs Regulation No. 45 of 2016, an official guidelines for determining and affirming village boundaries. The objective of this paper is to discuss village boundary mapping using high resolution upright satellite imagery by cartometric method in Hulu Sungai Tengah Regency, South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. Results of this study give the confirmation and determination of village boundaries. This method has proven accelerated the process of setting village boundaries. In this activity, the village boundary has been successfully mapped in 9 districts consisting of 127 villages. The results of this activity will become a complementary document to get the village boundary determination by other administrative agency. The problems faced in village boundary mapping are lack of human resources and the unavailability of high resolution upright satellite imagery. Differences of perception and lack of understanding of the community regarding the importance of determination and affirmation of boundaries and the lack of authentic evidence of the village boundaries becomes an other obstacle in the implementation of determination and affirmation the village boundaries.
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