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access information regarding the locations
of water pump and refugee areas. In fact,
they can also find out the locations affect-
ed by the flood in polygon form.
Abi Maulana, System Analyst at JSC, ex-
plained that the feature has been im-
proved gradually. Previously, the users only
got to see Jak Pantau feature through web-
site. But today, it can be accessible in mo-
bile. “There’s some features added in the
application,” he said. Abi explained that
his staffs has been developing Jak Pantau
since last year. “It is designed for the us-
ers to monitor flooding in Jakarta. They can
see the updated information,” said Abi.
Early detection and
alarm system from
Jakarta’s Disaster He also explained that to get informations 17
Management
Agency (BPBD) to regarding the flood and the current condi-
monitor the flood in tion of sluice gates, they have to coordinate
the city.
with the SDA and BPBD agencies through a
Captions system. “JSC is in charged for giving a quick
Safran H. and easy access for the people of Jakarta
to get informations,” he said. Moreover, JSC
also developed a feature that enables the
citizens to report conditions through a fea-
ture called Jak Lapor. They can submit a
report of which area is being indundated.
“The users can also submit a picture and
report it through Jak Lapor,” he added.

For him, the citizens play important role
for early detection of flooding in Jakarta,
as they can submit information regard-
ing the affected locations. “The community
Jak Pantau is designed for the users to can help BPBD and SDA agencies,” said Abi.
monitor flooding in Jakarta. They can see With these complete informations through
the updated information regarding the Jak Pantau, which is accessible massively,
flooding the citizens will be more aware of the po-
tential flooding and the officers can help
overcome it more quickly, too, hopefully.
Abi Maulana,
System Analyst JSC

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