TECHNOLOGY: Android Google Maps, Sophisticated Application to Help Susenas March 2021

BPS-Statistics has utilized Google's raster data in the formation of the digital statistics working area (Wilkerstat) to the Rukun Tetangga (RT) level. The Wilkerstat is then compiled into a cargo-based Census Block area within the RT area.

The National Socio-Economic Survey (Susenas) March 2021 is the first project to use the Census Block digital map. In this activity, BPS-Statistics of Semarang Municipality combined the Google Maps application on an android smartphone with a census block digital polygon to assist field officers in obtaining the right position and coverage.

Some of the benefits of displaying the Census Block layer on Google Maps in this activity include: avoiding errors in census block coverage, assisting officers in tracing work areas, assisting in the accuracy of building dots and numbers on printed maps, assisting supervisors or monitors in providing directions to the census block location . (elwan)