TITLE:
The Application to Evaluate Worship Location Based on Geospatial Analysis: Case of Indonesia
AUTHORS:
Cahyo Crysdian
KEYWORDS:
Geospatial Analysis; Spatial Application; Worship Location
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geographic Information System,
Vol.5 No.6,
December
26,
2013
ABSTRACT:
The application of geospatial
analysis is a need to respond to the increasing number of social conflicts
caused by the existence of public places of worships (PPW) in Indonesia. This
conflict eventually becomes endemic among Indonesian cross-cultural society. Even though the
government has produced a regulation-like policy namely SKB 2006 to manage the establishment of PPW, its contribution to avoiding or reducing the conflicts is in question.
Researchers notice that the policy is misused in some incidents to even trigger
the conflict. It is due to the presence of people participation defined in SKB 2006 particularly to determine the
legalization of PPW. Currently there is no exact foundation used by the
government to precisely measure the status of PPW, hence the decision to permit or reject any proposal to establish
PPW is determined by the acceptance of surrounding society which in many
occasions becomes the cause of the conflict. Therefore the government needs to
regain control over the existence of PPW since these types of buildings are
public facilities used by people in cross-cultural society. The research is
to provide accurate information regarding the existence of PPW and the impact
of their presence using geospatial analysis. The objective is to analyze the
interaction between PPW and its surrounding objects. The analysis is based on PPW
coverage, overlapping and blank spot area. A case study has been conducted to
analyze the existence of PPW at Cemorokandang village, a part of Malang city in
the province of East Java. The application highlights the issue of overwhelming
PPW in the location of analysis.