Utilization of the Geography Information System to Support Business Enterprises Site Planning of Defense Industry

Abstract

Lampung Province especially Tanggamus District has been planned as the area for the development of Indonesia defense industry, namely Navy Shipyard Inc. (PT. PAL), Indonesian Aerospace Inc. (PT Dirgantara Indonesia), and Pindad Inc. Base on Indonesia national plan, Lampung Province also have a future planning as a Maritime Industrial Area. To support in deciding the site planning in the region, this study utilization the sensing technology by combining Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing technique. Base on the archive spatial data, the suitability of land is analyzed and be used for the site planning of defense industry area. GIS application used to process spatial data that overlapped to produce a map of land suitability area. As a result, these studies find Indonesian Navy Shipyard Inc. (PT. PAL) and Pindad Inc. are suitable (S2) and Indonesian Aerospace Inc. is not suitable (N), for areas that are not suitable then it is recommended to other areas that are in Astra Kestra as the Air Force in Lampung Province.