Gerhard Bechtold

  Consultant for National (Geo-)Information Systems and Database Setup, for Natural Resources Assessments   


ILUD

Indonesian Land Use Databank

The work described in this manual has been undertaken as part of LREPP-II: Land Resources and Evaluation Project, Second Phase, which has been executed to improve and to strengthen the institutional capabilities to undertake physical planning and to acquire, process, and disseminate data and information on land resources.

The information system ILUD has been developed by the Project's Information System Specialist Gerhard Bechtold of GTZ.

Documentation on ILUD:

There is a 3-volume series on ILUD: The Indonesian Land Use Databank ('Data Pokok Penggunaan Tanah Indonesia'):

  • Volume I - 'Establishment of a Land Use Information System for Spatial Land Use Planning' is for senior management and decision-makers in BPN and in other land use related Government agencies of Indonesia.

  • Volume II - 'User's Manual' is for the operators and technical staff, many hundreds and thousands of staff working for land use surveying and planning at BPN.

  • Volume III - 'Developer's Kit' is mainly addressed to application developers at central level.

The entire system with all its concepts, methodologies and techniques is explained in these three documents. Additional reference shall be made to the manual 'GIS Application in Land Use Mapping and Implementation and Control of Land Use Planning' (Project Completion Report, vol.2), which gives an overview of the applied methodology.

ILUD is an entire management-support information system with six components:

  • ILUD as Concept:

Approach of inventory and interpretation of land use data, and their use for land use planning and monitoring, which can be applied homogeneously at BPN, in line with the Government regulations. This includes both technical concepts and methodologies as well as political and coordination issues.

  • ILUD as Standards:

An integrated and coordinated approach of land use mapping and spatial land use management planning requires standardization. Standards and conventions are implemented in form codes, data formats and procedures. Only this guarantees an exchange of data between different offices and a high level of acceptance by all users.

  • ILUD as Software for Automation:

Software tools are used to implement standards and to facilitate the automation. ILUD software is menu-driven for fast, streamlined production, with in-built data integrity checks and quality control.

  • ILUD as Product:

Product of available data in digital format and hardcopy maps and tables, which can be used by BPN for appropriate planning, as well as by external users, defining land use planning activities.

  • ILUD as Marketing Approach:

Public relation work, publicity, availability and marketing of data and services (including commercialization aspects) and adequate management are important for the functionality of this information system.

  • ILUD as Contribution to Development:

After implementation, this is a contribution to sustainable, transparent, social fair and economic use of land in Indonesia in future.

ILUD has been developed in the frame of the project LREPP-II/B at BPN. Training has been given to all involved technical staff of BPN/PGT at Pusat and in 18 provinces of Indonesia.


Last update: October 1999