Time and Location Research Area Required Tools Data Sources

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III. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 Time and Location

This research is conducted at MIT Master of Science in Information Technology research laboratory, SEAMEO BIOTROP, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor. For the purpose of this research, the area of interest located at Ex-Mega Rice Project Area covered 3 zone : zone A, zone B, and zone D which is administratively inclusive into South of Kapuas District and South Barito District, Central Kalimantan. Figure 1. Research Area EMRP Zone A, Zone B, Zone D 18

3.2 Research Area

The research is focused on land suitability for agricultural purpose especially for paddy field in peatland area in Ex – Mega Rice Project at South Kapuas Regency, and South Barito Regency, Central Kalimantan using some remotely sensed data and GIS spatial analysis methods. As mention above, research area covered three zone : Zone A 309.946,51 hectares consist of 8 sub district there are Mantangai, Jenamas, Pulau Petak, Kapuas Murung, Kapuas Barat, Kapuas Hilir, Dusun Timur, and Dusun Hilir; Zone B 158.031,09 hectares consist of 4 sub district, there are Pahandut, Kapuas Barat, Mantangai and Kahayan Hilir; and Zone D 139.865,55 hectares consist of 10 sub district, there are Kahayan Hilir, Kapuas Barat, Pulau Petak, Basarang, Kapuas Hilir, Kapuas Timur, Maliku, Pandih Batu, Selat and Kapuas Kuala.

3.3 Required Tools

Some supporting hardware and software will be employed to accomplish this research are : • Windows 7, 32-bit Operating System run on Personal Computer and Notebook 2 GB RAM on AMD Athlon tm Neo X2 Dual Core Processor 1,60 GHz with discrete graphics 512 MB and Color Printer • ER Mapper 6.4 This software is used for image data collecting, capturing, processing and analyzing the satellite image. • ArcGIS 9.2 This software is used for spatial data collecting, capturing, processing and analyzing the spatial data.

3.4 Data Sources

The data used in this research are Landsat TM Central Kalimantan image with pathrow = 11862, Topographic maps from BAKOSURTANAL, Geologic maps from “Bappeda of Central Kalimantan “, Soil maps from “Balai Besar Sumber Daya Lahan Pertanian”, Climate data and rainfall map from “Badan 19 Meteorologi dan Geofisika BMG”. The requirement data has been used in this research, consist of three kind of data, there are : Table 2. Data Requirement Raster Data No Satellite Imagery Aquitition Date Spatial Resolution Source of Data 1 Landsat TM October, 2005 Vis 30 m BAKOSURTANAL Vector Data No Data Type Date Production Spatial Resolution Source of Data 1 Base Map 1:50.000 Bappeda of Central Kalimantan Province 2 Topographic Map 1: 50.000 BAKOSURTANAL, Bogor 3 Geologic Map 1: 50.000 Bappeda of Central Kalimantan Province 4 RePPProT Map 1: 250.000 Balai Besar Sumber Daya Lahan Pertanian, Bogor Non Spatial Data No Data Type Date Production Source of Data 1 Climate Data 1998-2008 BMG, Jakarta 20

3.5 Methods