Use of GIS to Discover the Existence of Terrorism

Abstract

Threats to national defense can be military or non-military. The greatest unresolved threat and challenge facing the Indonesian state is terrorism. The Indonesian government has dealt with terrorism, but catching terrorists remains difficult. The purpose of this research is to provide an alternative that uses Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) to find out where terrorists are hiding. The limitation of this research is the mountainous region in Central Sulawesi Province. The method used in this study is to use the GEOINT approach which is a combination of remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS) and cartography, to extract information and analyze the results. The analysis was performed using a weighted linear combination method. The quantification process is carried out on all spatial data used for each parameter related to the presence of terrorists in the mountains. Quantification is done by changing each sub-parameter class to a value between 1-5. Each value is then weighted as a coefficient to arrive at the final score. From the results of the analysis and discussion it can be concluded that the GEOINT analysis can be used as an initial research on terrorist hideouts.