IPB University KKNT Innovation Students Create Jawara Program: Not Just Street Names
Digitizing Street Names Through IPB’s KKN-T Program titled JAWARA (Regularly Named Residents’ Streets) in Sukawening Village, Dramaga District.
IPB University students who are members of the Innovation Real- Thematic Work Lecture (KKNT) are implementing a program called Jawara (Regularly Named Residents’ Streets) in Sukawening Village, Dramaga District, Bogor Regency, West Java.
Not just making street names, this program focuses on digitizing and digitizing street name information to improve ease of navigation and access to information for local residents and the surrounding community.
The KKNT Innovation student team has succeeded in digitizing 30 roads in Sukawening Village and uploading them to Google Maps. In addition, they also installed 4 new street name signs in strategic locations in the village.
The Secretary of Sukawening Village, Sabilludin, welcomed this initiative. “We are very helped (by the Jawara program) because it can help provide directions on digital maps that are often used. Before Jawara was implemented, many people outside Sukawening often got lost. Hopefully after Jawara is implemented, this problem can be resolved,” he said.
One resident, Ijang (42), expressed his appreciation for this program. “Now I can order food online more easily. My address is immediately detected in the application, so I don’t have to bother explaining the location of my house,” he said.
Meanwhile, Dedi (35), a courier, added, “Package delivery has become more efficient. I can immediately find the destination address without having to ask the local residents.”
Coordinator of the Sukawening Village KKNT Innovation Team, Satria Candra Wibowo, explained that this program is an effort to combine technology with the needs of the community. “We hope that the digitalization of street names can help improve the quality of life of the residents of Sukawening Village, especially in terms of accessibility and ease of navigation,” he said.
The Jawara program not only focuses on digitalization, but also involves educating residents about the use of navigation technology and the importance of a regular street naming system.
The KKNT Innovation Team conducted a survey of each RT in Sukawening Village using Google Maps and reported information on roads that had not been recorded. Satria said that the success of the Jawara program in Sukawening Village is expected to be an example for other villages in the surrounding area. (*/Rz) (IAAS/HNJ)
