AN INVENTORY DATABASE FOR GEOEDUCATIONAL OUTREACH BASED ON VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (VGI) APPROACH IN MALAYSIA

The authors aim to construct a geosite database in Malaysia that is based on volunteered geographic information approach. This is because geosites information is quite scattered around the country. Free tools from the internet such as google form and wixwebsite.com were used to produce the database. The database is used to compile information not just from researchers but also from the public, and also functions to store, display and promote geosites in Malaysia. Therefore, based on its current functionality, this database could also perform as geo-educational tool for the public and also in an effort to conserve area with high geological interest

The development of myGeo-RS: A knowledge management system of geodiversity data for tourism industries

The development of MyGeo-RS, a geodiversity information and repository system is a valuable solution that can assure the management and preservation of geological datasets more interesting, accessible and shared to the public at large. This research is embarked based on the realization that with the advancement of information and communication technology, as well as data mining and knowledge discovery, knowledge about geodiversity can be better represented and explored.This project attempts to establish on how geodiversity components and their relationships can be modeled into various forms of digital object (DO) to enable access and sharing of geodiversity information. The target user groups of this project are mainly to public users and tourism industry.This paper presents the research objectives,research approach, system analysis and myGeo-RS architecture

Anthropogenic geoasset exploration in Bukit Besi for geotourism development: a preliminary study

Geotourism is a responsible and sustainable type of tourism package development, equivalent to ecotourism, and other nature-based derivatives of tourism with deeper level considerations on local landscapes and the underlying geological foundation. The area was investigated from the perspective of tourism geoscience sub-discipline with a focus on non-extractive natural resources. Taking into consideration the beach alluvial plain, human community, the biophysical components and the mining artifacts, mineralization, geological formation, mining history and people lifestyle during the active mining period. Bukit Besi’s rail transit system as example, with eleven stations, used to transport people, goods and ores between Bukit Besi and a coastal town of Dungun. Geology of Bukit Besi consist of dominance of shale, quartzite, limestone; intrusion rocks of granite and quartz vein, and metasediment rock. Iron mineralization occurs as a result of replacement in shale, limestone, granite and along the developed fractures. Further study relates the interconnection between iron mineralization and cultural of the residents. Mineralization had created the mining operation in Bukit Besi. History of mining process, life of Bukit Besi residents and railway is part of intrinsic information that make higher value of monument left in Bukit Besi in tourism context. Historical narration of the mining region goes beyond events related to human time frame but spans the geological history of the regions and the story of interactions between human and their environments. These form the basis for the creation of anthrobiogeoasset for regional planning of the region. Secondary utilization of the non-extractive natural resource should incorporate tourism and business components for sustainable geotourism package development of Bukit Besi, Malaysi