Monday, August 17, 2015

Happy 70th Independence Day Indonesia

dear readers,

Today, August 17th 2015, is the day when Indonesian people celebrate their independence day. This date, 70 years ago, was the date when Soekarno declare Indonesia's independence, right after Japan get two nuclear attacks from US. After the declaration, it did not mean that the fights and struggles are stop. The battles still continue in various locations. But Indonesian fighters did not gave up. Merdeka atau Mati. Independent or Death, is the slogan at that time.

Today, Indonesian enemies are not coming in physical invasions. They can take form as corruption, laziness, or bad cultural infiltration. Today, there are still many locations that has poor sanitation, poor environmental management, malnutrition, and other problems. But there are also few hopes from this country. Gold medal in science competition, small-scale business that can be a trigger for economic growth, and implementation of advance technology in military, fisheries, and environment.

This is a video about 70 years of Indonesia, a compilation of pictures with a soundtrack from Nuha Experience of Mel Shandy and Sexy Rock.

Enjoy.....


Sunday, August 9, 2015

Magnificence of Bali Island - Part 2 (Perancak Estuary)

Dear readers,

As a continuation from previous post about The Island of gods, here I share some pictures from Perancak. It is coastal area located in southern part of Jembrana District. Check these out.....








Saturday, August 8, 2015

Magnificence of Bali Island - Part 1

Dear readers,

It was about 1.5 half years I left Bali (585 days until this post exactly). The island of gods... In 2009 I arrive in Bali for the third time (the first and second were when I was a kid). There are some places I have visited while I was there and here some pictures I want to share to you.....

East Bali

East Bali

East Bali

North Bali

North Bali

West Bali

West Bali

West Bali
I think it's enough for now. I will continue to post more pictures in the next posts
Hope you enjoy :)

Monday, July 13, 2015

International GIS Job Vacancies

Hi readers,

I have found few interesting vacancies in international organizations for you who interested in developing your career internationally. Please find the detail about the vacancies by clicking the jobs title below:

1. Web Developer - Geographic Information System

Duty station: Rome, Italy, WFP
Closing date (Rome time): 2015-07-29

2 . Risk Analyst - Geographic Information System 

Duty station: Rome, Italy, WFP
Closing date (Rome time): 2015-07-29
 
3. Junior Consultant - Geographic Information System 
Duty station: Rome, Italy, WFP
Closing date (Rome time): 2015-07-29

4. Chief of Section - Geoinformation & Sectoral Statistics
Duty station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Economic Commision for Africa
Closing date: 2015-08-23

5. Ebola Outbreak - GIS Analyst/Technician
Duty station: Geneva, Swiss, WHO
Closing date: 2015-07-24

6. GIS Associate
Duty station: Sao Paulo, Brazil, World Resources Institute
Closing date: unknown

I hope those informations useful for you.
Cheers,

Thursday, June 11, 2015

International Job Vacancies

Hi readers,

It's been a long time since I wrote for gisenv. Now I will post some of international job vacancy I got from my colleagues.

UNDP International Consultant - GIS/Remote Sensing at Timor Leste (deadline June 17, 2015)

IRRI Senior Scientist - GIS at Philippines (deadline June 19, 2015)

EWS-WWF Marine Programme - Senior Marine Conservation Officer at Dubai (deadline June 30, 2015)

UN-GGIM - Geospatial Information Officer at New York (deadline July 28, 2015)

UNITAR Intern/Trainee - GeoInformation at Geneva (deadline June 21, 2015)

UNDP Consultancy for Training in Satellite Image Interpretation at Guyana (deadline June 19, 2015)

I hope these informations are useful for you.
Cheers,

Monday, June 1, 2015

My Publication

Hi readers,

Back to two years from now, I have wrote three papers. Well, I'm not a single writer actually, but I wrote them with my colleagues. One of them is...... my wife :)

My first paper was How to Identify Degraded Land for Sustainable Palm Oil in Indonesia. My involvement in this paper is as a GIS analyst and facilitator for participatory mapping in Project POTICO. This WRI/Sekala Working Paper demonstrates how to implement a quick and cost-effective method for identifying potentially suitable “degraded land” for sustainable palm oil production in Indonesia and presents results from the application of the method in West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan. The method consists of a desktop analysis as well as field assessments. The desktop portion of the method will be made easily replicable through an interactive Kalimantan-wide Suitability Mapper website. Many thanks to Sekala and WRI for giving me chances to involve in this activity.

The second paper was Peranan Teknologi Penginderaan Jauh bagi Penangkapan Ikan di Indonesia. This chapter in a book titled Bunga Rampai Penginderaan Jauh Indonesia Jilid Kedua tells about how remote sensing technology has a role in fisheries sector in Indonesia. Me and my lovely wife compared few similar activity in various country with PPDPI that developed by Indonesia Ministry of Marines and Fisheries Affairs. PPDPI stands for Peta Prakiraan Daerah Penangkapan Ikan or Map of Potential Fishing Ground Prediction (MPFGP) in English. Thanks to pak Ketut Wikantika for his advices and suggestions to improve this paper.

Third paper is the second paper that me and my lovely wife wrote. Its titled Identifikasi Thermal Fronts di Selat Makassar dan Laut Banda. The paper was very technical. We develop tools in ArcGIS based on algorithm developed by Cayula-Cornillon (1992). The tools then used by Balai Penelitian dan Observasi Laut (BPOL) or IMRO (Institute for Marine Research and Observation) to improve their previous product, which is PPDPI/MPFGP. We also presented this paper in Simposium Sains Geoinformasi event, held by Faculty of Geography in Gadjah Mada University. Many thanks to PPDPI team for the wonderful teamwork for those 3 years!!!

If you study or work in field of spatial science, you may interested in those papers. You may find the links to each paper above. Don't forget to make a good citation :)
Cheers.....

Job Vacancy (May 2015)

Hi readers,

Please find below links to job vacancy information:


For your own convenience, please read carefully the deadline for application for each vacancy.
Cheers,

Sunday, May 31, 2015

Welcome.....

Dear Readers,

Welcome to this blog..... It is been a long time since my last online writing. This blog will give you information mostly about geography. Yes, that is my background 😄

In this blog you may find various information from the following sections:
  1. GaiaScience. This section will be about remote sensing and geoscience, either it is conceptual, technical or tips and tricks.
  2. GaiaJobs. For you who search for job vacancy information, this section will provide it. Jobs posted mostly in geoscience, environmental, or other similar fields.
  3. GaiaTravel. This section contains information about many places, especially Indonesia which I (or my friends) have visit.
  4. SusDev. The hottest theme in the world since Rio+2 event. News and information about it might be found in this section.
  5. Relaxing Gaia. Yapps..... you will find yourself a little bit relaxed after you visit this section *fingercrossed. Information about music, movie, or book might be found in this section.

That is all sections you may found in this blog. I hope you can enjoy reading this blog. Feel free to share information from this blog if you find it useful for you or your families, friends, or colleagues. Just do not forget to write the source 😉

Thank you for your time allocation reading this blog. Have a nice day.

Sincerely,


Ari Murdimanto