During the field study, participants were spread across four Geulis Mountain entry points: Jatiroke Village, Cinanjung Village, Cisempur Village, and Cikahuripan Village. There, they conducted ground checks of land cover and marked the areas, which would later be analyzed spatially, including land cover classification. Giovani Rahadian Arif (Forestry Engineering, 2020), the Practicum Assistant Coordinator, explained, “We observed and marked various land covers along the paths traveled by the participants in Geulis Mountain, such as calliandra, mahogany, pine, and others. We recorded their spatial coordinates to conduct further spatial analysis.”

Geulis Mountain was chosen due to its proximity to ITB’s Jatinangor Campus and its status as ITB’s educational forest area. The diverse land cover conditions in Geulis Mountain align with the desired outcome of the field study as conveyed by Giovani R. A., “The diverse land cover conditions of Geulis Mountain made it suitable for the outcomes we aim for in this field study.”

The field study explored various land covers in FwSP Geulis Mountain on Saturday (November 9, 2024) (Doc. Practicum Assistant Team)

He stated that this field study involving approximately 140 participants, marked the first since the pandemic. In previous years, the Remote Sensing and GIS Forestry course usually did not include field studies.

This field study is considered important because it is important for field verification in GIS. Traditionally, Remote Sensing and GIS have been closely associated with computer work and have almost nothing to do with fieldwork. “However, in practice, computer processing and field activities hold equal weight. Therefore, it is very important to hold this field study”

Note:
*Geulis is taken from Sundanese which means "beautiful", "pretty", "elegant" or "nice".

Reporter: Ahmad Fauzi (Forestry Engineering, 2021)
Translator: Senandung Shauma Bidadari (Management, 2026)