POLIBATAM PANTAU COVID-19: Geospatial WebGIS

Application for Covid-19 Sharing Information in Riau Island

Province

Luthfiya Ratna Sari

, Farouki Dinda Rassarandi

, Siti Noor Chayati

, Sudra Irawan

, Selly Artaty

Zega

, Supardianto

, Adelia Eky Wardani

, Moh. Bagus Rahmadi

, Rizki Irianto

, Arifatul Hidayah

and Ilmi Nazar Hamdi

Geomatic Enginering Technology, Politeknik Negeri Batam, Batam, Indonesia

Animation, Politeknik Negeri Batam, Batam, Indonesia

Informatic Enginering, Politeknik Negeri Batam, Batam, Indonesia

Keywords: Covid-19, Public Information, WebGIS.

Abstract: Accessible geo-information data availability around Covid-19 theme has become a priority since SARS-CoV-

2 pandemic outbreak phase affecting more than 8 million people around the world. In this paper, we present

a platform with multiple types and sources of data to escalate public awareness through information about

overview, prevention, and symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection, case update, self-evaluating risk, and

awareness. Through interactive, server-side WebGIS functionalities, the developer can provide multiple

information sources with a high definition of accuracy with potential feedback from the user to gather more

information.

1 INTRODUCTION

The capability to integrate geospatial data with non-

spatial data support is promoting the geographic

information system (GIS) rapid development.

Internet-based GIS (WebGIS) technology (Yin et al.,

2019) establish to support web application structure

with GIS. Concomitant with web technology

development (WebGIS) technology growth in

research major and various application is evolving.

Along with the widening spread of interest,

application in infectious disease through the Covid-

19 pandemic era became a concerning research topic.

Since last December 2019 (Chen, et al., 2020),

SARS-CoV-2 virus infection around the world

caused more than eight hundred thousands of deaths,

and twenty million cases confirmed to be positive.

With invasive disease spreads primarily from person

to person through small droplets from a person with

Covid-19 to others (Lai, Shing, Ko, &Hsueh, 2020),

public awareness and concerns play a massive role in

infection prevention (Pourghasemi, 2020). We

developed WebGIS Covid-19 information for a

specific area in Riau Islands Province, namely

Polibatam Pantau Covid-19.

Different from other already published Covid-19

related WebGIS that cover displaying Covid-19 case

around the globe in a science perspective (John

Hopkins University, 2020), Covid-19 recorded case

in Indonesia in government perspective (Indonesian

Task Force for Covid-10, 2020), and focused Riau

Island Province confirmed Covid-19 data and

information with classic GIS display (Riau Island

Province Task Force for Covid-19, 2020). This canal

provides multiple types and source data information

that can be easily accessed and perceptibly for the

public with an informative and interactive manner to

achieve goals as public knowledge enhancer around

Corona Virus Disease 2019.

With an open-source CSS layout template,

Polibatam Pantau Covid-19 WebGIS segmented into

four tabs, such as Home, About Covid-19, Covid-19

on Maps using ArcGIS Online, and video discussing

the health sector, especially Covid-19 Global

Pandemic. Each tab consists of different levels in

representation and data from various trusted sources.

This paper will discuss how to develop a one-stop

update for public information awareness around

Covid-19 Pandemic, specifically in Riau Island

Province.

Sari, L., Rassarandi, F., Chayati, S., Irawan, S., Zega, S., Supardianto, ., Wardani, A., Rahmadi, M., Irianto, R., Hidayah, A. and Hamdi, I.

POLIBATAM PANTAU COVID-19: Geospatial WebGIS Application for Covid-19 Sharing Information in Riau Island Province.

DOI: 10.5220/0010351700640069

In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Applied Engineering (ICAE 2020), pages 64-69

ISBN: 978-989-758-520-3

2 CONSTRUCTION AND

FRAMEWORK DESIGN

The system design to provide a single stop with all in

information around Covid-19 and specific daily case

update in Riau Islands Province to inform the user and

achieve better health knowledge and awareness. The

construction requires a set of data information input,

intranet simulation, and extranet publicity, as well as

the easiness of user access. Integration of multi-type

multi-source data for multi-user is expecting to

intensify a whole set of publication that provided by

many stakeholders around Covid-19 Pandemic and

suppress human-to-human transmission rate.

This framework consists of four independent

layers. The changes in one layer do not affect the

others, which offer stability and ease of maintenance.

With the ‘thick-server’ service, the server can

effectively maintain the quality and consistency of

content, meanwhile collecting data through limited

interaction from the user. As shown in Figure 1, this

entire system architecture is designed with three

major frameworks: data layer, middle service layer,

and presentation.

Figure 1: Polibatam pantau Covid-19 architecture.

Gathering raw data play a crucial role in

Polibatam Pantau Covid-19 construction and

development in part of process management

planning. Two major types of data accommodate in

our system: non-spatial Covid-19 data and spatial

data. All gathered data were collected from various

trusted sources and adjusted to adapt to our system.

2.1 Non-spatial Covid-19 Data

Non-spatial data type support in this site covers text,

image, graph, and video from global and regional

trusted source updates. This source covers from

formal institutional data and information released by

WHO (World Health Organization) (2020),

Indonesian Ministry of Health (2020), Indonesian

Task Force for Covid-19 (2020), Local Government

for Covid-19 (Riau Island Province Task Force for

Covid-19, 2020), and casual information such as

validated comic, image, video, graph and article from

HaloDoc website (Halodoc, 2020). Collected data

items include PDP (individual in monitoring) case,

ODP (patient in monitoring) case, OTG (person with

no symptoms) case, positive case, recovered case, and

Covid-19 confirmed death.

A series of questions adapted from the SehatQ

website (SehatQ, 2020) on collaboration with the

Indonesian Ministry of Health to provide self-

assessing risk towards SARS-CoV-2 virus infection

for the public. Quality control to maintain an

excellent WebGIS public perspective mirrored with a

quick question, as shown in Figure 2. Both feedback

collected as a database and used to treasure user

information for better development.

Figure 2: Feedback quality.

All this information segmented into three

segments with different extensions based on

visualization needs, such as .html and .php. Record

and information updated regularly based on source

updated data. Where clients only have access to view

and take a self-assessing risk towards SARS-CoV-2

question. In this way, the server can well maintain

system performance stability and data input-output

quality.

2.2 Spatial Covid-19 Data

Spatial data involved in this WebGIS includes map

layers administration from Riau Island Province.

Spatial data file format in .SHP combined with

attribute numerical Covid-19 case from PDP, ODP,

OTG, positive, recovered, and death by Covid-19

case. This data manipulation steps were completed in

QGIS and imported as a separate layer based on

city/district level administration to ArcGIS Online.

3 FUNCTIONALITIES AND

DEVELOPMENT

Simplification of the building process of Polibatam

Pantau Covid-19, shown in Figure 3. While designing

and scripting done in the intranet server with the help

of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) with health theme

POLIBATAM PANTAU COVID-19: Geospatial WebGIS Application for Covid-19 Sharing Information in Riau Island Province

and adjusted. XAMPP for Apache is used to build and

registration of the pre-release website. Data migration

and upload using the Batam State Polytechnic domain

to achieve published

https://pantaucovid19kepri.polibatam.ac.id/index.ht

ml site.

Figure 3: Development step.

3.1 Home

From this section, the user will find basic information

about Covid-19 including article, info-graphic

(Figure 4), Link to the outside website (Indonesian

Task Force for Covid-19, 2020; Riau Island Province

Task Force for Covid-19, 2020; Covidsualizer, 2020;

Polibatam Self Risk Assessment, 2020) (Figure 5),

daily Riau Island Province’s Covid-19 update with

numerical and accumulative graphical display. Comic

(Figure 6) about Indonesia’s government

recommendation to stay at home during Covid- 19

outbreak provided for the user to be downloaded as a

vehicle to reach a various level of user.

3.2 About Covid-19

Further Covid-19 related articles from various source

and contributor presented on this section to inform

user basic knowledge what is Covid-19 and how

dangerous it is. Quality control feedback from user

(Figure 2) embedded in this section. At this tab also

published information about Batam State Polytechnic

personal safety equipment donation for health sector

workers who in need of supply along with fast

response call center for Riau Island’s Covid-19, as

displayed on Figure 7.

Figure 4: Info-graphic created to inform the user how to

minimize the spread.

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Figure 5: Supportive website link attachment.

Figure 6: Downloadable comic provided with Covid-19

prevention theme.

Figure 7: Fast Response Call Center Attached.

3.3 Covid-19 on Maps

Polibatam Pantau Covid-19 WebGIS provides

various information attributes such as PDP, ODP,

OTG, positive, recovered, and Covid-19 confirmed

death in Riau Island Province’s (Figure 8) updated

daily based on the formal local government press

release. The base map for this representation can be

pick using satellite imagery, imagery hybrid, streets,

topographic, navigation, terrain with labels, map

canvas, national geographic style map, oceans, and

OpenStreetMap (OSM) based on a build-in option

provided by ArcGIS Online.

Figure 8: Map attribute label.

Each city and regencies in Riau Island Province,

such as Batam City, TanjungPinang City, Bintan

Regency, Natuna regency, Anambas Islands

Regencies, Lingga Regencies, and Karimun

Regencies separated in the different map layer. For

each region, the color label using non-gradual type

and not indicating the rate of severity degrees (Figure

9).

Each category value is recorded, linked, and

accumulated to build statistical trend lines to provide

an instant perception of how Covid-19 outbreak

developed every day in this province (Figure 10).

Since the statistical analysis of pandemic recorded

data proven to hold crucial functionality (Qian, Zhang

J. Yang, & C. Yang, 2004), this representation

provided to build a quick overview of how the

situation changes over time. Consist of information

from the entire positive case, active positive case,

until healed positive case to specified user perception.

POLIBATAM PANTAU COVID-19: Geospatial WebGIS Application for Covid-19 Sharing Information in Riau Island Province

Figure 9: Thematic mapping for Covid-19 in Riau Island

Province.

Figure 10: Trend line statistical analysis.

3.4 Video

Embracing the diverse user backgrounds, especially

in Riau Islands Province, our project provides visual

video information to promote a higher rate of

information delivery from the creator to a client.

Video embedded is from various sources, such as

secondary data like news, trusted popular health

influencer, 3rd party video publisher, and primarily

data produced by our team (Figure 11).

Figure 11: Video produced by our team.

4 CONCLUSIONS

The rise of information technology development

triggers the rapid growth of WebGIS applications in

the heath sector. Information publicity with internet

bases in the pandemic era proves their strength to

deliver data and information for the public since the

ease of access with no specific tools and

requirements. Polibatam Pantau Covid-19 is a typical

application case. Thick-server attitude adapted to

maintain accuracy and stability of information

delivered to the clients, mainly in WebGIS that gather

information from multiple sources and display

various types of data. Polibatam Pantau Covid-19

recorded positive feedback from the user and proven

to handle a high visit rate.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Batam State Polytechnic supports this project. We

gratefully acknowledge all the assistance in providing

us with development equipment and the environment.

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