Live the trial of Lidar, Menbud emphasizes the narrative of the Majapahit civilization

Jakarta -The Minister of Culture of the Republic of Indonesia, Fadli Zon, has made a working visit to the East Java region. The first visit began a visit to the Office of Culture Preservation of XI in East Java. During his visit, Fadli saw the light detection and hearings (Lidar) hearings and Georadar in the Trowulan cultural heritage area. Lidar is a remote mapping technology that uses laser lights to measure the distance to the surface of the earth or other objects. Fadli also watched the demonstration of data collection via Lidar (VTOL) drone. This data collection is a form of public participation, with the presence of the involvement of Indonesian Buddhist representatives (Walubi) and the Sepuluh November Institute of Technology (ITS). Browse to continue the content, he also transmitted the importance of its involvement as a tertiary institution that contributed to education and research. “We hope that with this cultural study we can map the existing websites. It is a form of public participation, because the promotion of culture should indeed involve all stakeholders,” Fadli said in a written statement on Monday (9/22/2025). Furthermore, Fadli said there are still many tasks to be done, one of which revealed the location of the Majapahit Zero. “This is the starting point for the use of Lidar and geometric methods. Hopefully the results obtained can be combined with other research so that the data can be read, interpreted and then followed up,” he hoped. Fadli emphasized that the orientation of cultural conservation is to protect, develop, use and promote. According to him, the new websites found must be conducted for protection and research. “Museum is one of our focus today. We will work with private parties, corporations, universities and other work. Museums can be a center of knowledge, to revive the majapahit ecosystem. Need the government’s involvement, village communities and all parties,” Fadli said. On this occasion, Fadli also conveyed the importance of the presence of a representative museum representing the greatness of Majapahit. “Recently, we also hosted a design competition (museum), as well as research used by Lidar technology for the Trowulan area of ​​20 square km. From the results of this member, we can get an image of the potential for anomal points that can be further investigated, and hopefully we can answer questions that were not answered,” Fadli said. Meanwhile, the head of the Cultural Conservation Center for the XI region, Endah Budi Hernani, has transferred the plan to use Lidar and Georadar next week. “Generally, the results of research at the place selected with the geophysical method approach, anomal objects associated with structure or bricks hidden by the soil can be correctly identified,” he explained. The use of geophysical methods is expected to expose new information that can complement the historical narrative of the Majapahit civilization and provide deeper insights into the structure of this great civilization in the past. For information, also present in the activity, including the regent of Mojokerto, Muhammad al-Barra; Director of Cultural Heritage, I made Dharma Suteja; Walubi representative, his representative, along with a number of employees of the Cultural Preservation Center (Ltd) of the XI region. (Ega/Ega)