Smart village geographic information system (GIS) development in Indonesia and its analogous approaches

Abstract

Indonesia has a big number of villages located at 17,506 islands as the location of various objects of development with the aim of enhancing people welfare. Villages need to have a complete database and an information system that is easily used to serve the needs of data for their development and support public services. The approach in building a database and village information system model can be analogous to a large number of villages and using open source softwares. Based on the literature and statute study, this paper recommends the utilization of information technology and geographic information system (GIS) with a simple, in expencive and easy development model as part of smart village program that enables the village to increase the performance of the village administration, public service, and development.