Potential Mapping Workshop through Web-Based GIS Application Towards a Digital Village

To map the potentials and problems in Matesih village, a web-based GIS application has been developed and socialized to local village administrators. However, in this series of community service activities, a workshop on potential and problem mapping was held to help the village administrator understand the technical process to use the GIS. As a village in Karanganyar Regency, Matesih Village has some natural potential, tourism, agricultural commodities, and various of potential. However, not many researchers have tried to explore the potential of Matesih Village yet. The implementation of this web application is expected to help the local village administrators to map the potential and problems in the village. In general, there are 3 main steps that should be taken to implement the community service, namely: 1) preparation, 2) training in the use of applications, and 3) data content collection. The training results indicated an improvement in participants' understanding and skills in inputting and managing spatial data related to village potential and issues using the developed application.