Developing Webgis for Buildings in Nagari Koto Gadang, Agam Regency, West Sumatra Province

Akbar

Hasanah

et al. 2020

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

The halal tourism industry is rapidly developing and has become a current trend. It is a subcategory of tourism geared towards offering services that comply with Islamic principles for tourists. Indonesia has excellent potential for the development of this tourism industry because it is majorly populated with Muslims. For the first time, the country and Malaysia were ranked the world’s best halal tourist destinations in 2019. One of the oldest halal destinations in Indonesia is the Thousand Big Houses Area, in Koto Baru village, West Sumatra. However, due to limited information and technology, this area is less visited by tourists despite being hundreds of years old with the Minangkabau traditional building, which acts as a tourist attraction. Therefore, one of the solutions to help introduce this house to the world is developing an Internet Geographic Information System (GIS) for the village. This research aims to develop this application using the waterfall software development method. The application was programmed using PHP and Javascript, while its user interface was developed using the CSS Bootstrap framework. The results showed that the output was in accordance with the expectations that the app can be used to promote the village.

Development of Internet GIS Application of Traditional Tourism Village Koto Baru, South Solok, West Sumatra, Indonesia

Akbar

Hasanah

et al. 2020

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

Developing Web-Based and Mobile-Based GIS for Places of Worship Information to Support Halal Tourism: A Case Study in Bukittinggi, Indonesia

Akbar

Yuliani

2020

IJGI

Indonesia is an archipelago country in which the tourism sector plays a role as an economic locomotive. In 2016, Indonesia joined the World Halal Tourism Award (WHTA) and won 12 awards, three of which were won by West Sumatra. Bukittinggi is the principal city of tourism in West Sumatra. There are many halal hotels and restaurants and 190 mosques available in the city. Unfortunately, the information regarding the mosque locations is still inadequate. For this reason, this research was conducted in order to develop a web-based and mobile-based geographic information system (GIS) for places of worship information (GPWI) to make it easier for Muslim tourists to find mosques, and other tourism objects and facilities. This paper reports on the development of the GPWI. The development of the GPWI employed the waterfall method. The GPWI allowed tourists to find mosques based on specific criteria, whose output showed them the location, information, route, and local transportation available to get to the mosques as well as other tourism objects and facilities around the mosque. The GPWI was developed using Free Open Source Software (FOSS) PostgreSQL/PostGIS, PHP, JavaScript, and Basic4Android. The spatial-based database and programs that were used to develop this GPWI are the main contributions of this study. Based on the product evaluation, the GPWI successfully met the needs of Muslim tourists in finding mosques during their visits to Bukittinggi.

Development of GIS for Buildings in the Customary Village of Minangkabau Koto Gadang, West Sumatra, Indonesia

Syukur

Ekaputra

et al. 2020

IJGI

Indonesia aims to strengthen its local regions and villages. This has led to the encouragement of smart village development through several forms of assistance, including Information Technology (IT) services from the government. Koto Gadang, one of the many Minangkabau customary villages in West Sumatra, has been used as a model for the development of an IT service that can support tourism known as a Web- and mobile-based geographic information system (GIS) for buildings (GB) in order to map and visualize buildings and their inhabitants. This paper reports the development of the GB. This study takes the form of a literature review, a survey, data collection, and software development. The results of the literature review and survey were used as the basis for software development. Aerial photographs of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), mosques, offices, schools, and health service centers, as well as residential buildings, were taken using a drone, while attribute data were collected directly by visiting the buildings. The users of the GB were divided into two groups: visitors and village officers. Moreover, there confidentiality was maintained for all the data provided, so the visitors were only allowed to search for buildings (MSMEs, offices, mosques, schools, and health centers) based on certain criteria, view locations, found information, and survey routes, while village officers were allowed to collect data on residents, buildings, and houses, and also search people’s homes. Furthermore, in situations where a visitor needs to find a resident’s house, the village officers are required to provide this assistance. These provisions were applied in the GB and implemented using the PostgreSQL/PostGIS database, PHP, CSS Bootstrap, jQuery, and Basic4Android, created according to the needs of the Koto Gadang smart customary village. The GB allows the village officers to better understand and monitor all the buildings, houses, and residents in the village and could also encourage many travelers to visit and see historic buildings and shop for embroidery and silver crafts.