Enhancing Indonesian Geospatial Industry to Survive in the Current Competition

Geospatial Information Technology is developing rapidly as a decision making tool. However Indonesia has potential markets for the geospatial industry. Currently, the geospatial industry seems incompetent. Hence a proper plan policy, regulation and training is needed. Current study is aimed at measuring the competitiveness of geospatial industry. Population sample where taken using purposive random sampling and clustering method. Composite performance index method is used to analyze the competitiveness index. The result shows, the overall geospatial competitiveness index value has an average of 26.48 on a scale of 100. Considering the research results of geospatial industry competitiveness index, the government of Indonesia must urgently support and enhance geospatial industry through training and creating new opportunities