April 2020

FIG Foundation and Aubrey Barker Fund have togeher published the “Course Development Grant”.

It is a pleasure for FIG Foundation to cooperate with the Aubrey Barker Fund on this special grant.

Application deadline was 1 October 2019. Of the received applications, it is a pleasure to announce that after the second round of applications a recipient of this special grant has been found:

Dr Trias Aditya from the Department of Geodetic Engineering of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia for his application for: A Blended Learning Course Design in Fit for Purposes’ Cadastral Survey

Background to the Project

This project is set in Indonesia, the home of millions of land parcels spreading across numerous populated islands, both big and small islands, many of  which have not been mapped and registered by the country. Under the current legal and institutional framework, systematic land titling activities from village to village are expensive and take a long time to complete. Land titling activities are impossible without a complete cadastral map and active participation from communities and government officers.

The International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) has published principles and guidelines to give a way forward to accelerate the land registration progress, called Fit for Purposes Land Administration (FFP-LA).

What is required is a paradigm shift from a top-down traditional cadastral survey and mapping into a bottom-up modern cadastral survey for accelerated land registration. This is currently lacking. To effect the changes requires a combination of modern survey techniques and community participation applying FFP-LA principles in order to accelerate and assure the quality of the land registration.

Short Description of the Project

The project will develop a learning platform applying blended learning practices (a combination of online courses and field visit interactions) in FFP Cadastral Survey (FFP-CS) for both in-house students and para surveyors (i.e. local representatives in the community) across the country. The project will develop course objectives, student outcomes and teaching materials of FFP-CS adhering to the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) standards. An online assessment and certification system involving the Project Team’s University, National Land Agency and The Association of Surveyors will also be developed in the project. This blended learning program will produce an excellent capstone design for ABET curriculum and will speed up the community readiness for FFP-CS implementation.

The Grant

The Aubrey Barker in collaboration with FIG Foundation Grant will provide a grant of GBP 20,000 for two years to this project to be run by Dr Trias Aditya from the Department of Geodetic Engineering of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia.

Good luck to Dr Trias Aditya for his course project. We will follow up with more news on the progress of the project.

Louise Friis-Hansen
24 April 2020

Source: https://fig.net/news/news_2020/04_aubrey-barker-fund.asp

A team of Indonesian Geodesy students from Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta has won first place at the International Invention & Innovative Competition (InIIC), an event initiated by Malaysia-based event management company MNNF Network.

Five students from UGM’s Geodetic Engineering Department – Akram Sripandam, Yofita Indah Saputri, Vincent Tandy, Agan Aul Rizki and Salsabila Ramadhani Prasetya – received the Diamond Award in the B2 Higher Institution Student category for their website and Android application CulturIS-3D, which aims to instill in millennials cultural values and “provide new perspectives for users by presenting cultural heritage sites in three-dimension”.

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According to a statement, in addition to the Indonesian language, the platform is also available in English to attract foreigners.

The team was supposed to present its work during an event in Penang, Malaysia, on April 17 to 20; however, it ended up presenting via online video due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The winners were announced on the InIIC website on April 18.

“The innovations from the other teams were amazing; things we didn’t even think of doing,” Yofita, head of the Indonesian team, said in a statement.

Prior to participating in the competition, CulturIS-3D also won first place at a national competition held by Ahmad Dahlan University in Yogyakarta in November 2019.

Akram, the team’s founder, engineer and web developer, is hopeful that the project will continue to grow and inspire the younger generations. “[We compiled] the data in collaboration with all the academics at UGM, particularly our department. Hopefully [the platform] is useful to the public.” (kes)

Source: https://www.thejakartapost.com/youth/2020/04/26/ugm-students-cultural-heritage-platform-wins-international-invention-competition.html