GIS Paper Work at Fakulti Alam Bina, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, by Alpano Priyandes and Evy Yusriani, Supervised by Dr. M. Rafee Majid, 2009.
Batam as part of Riau Islands Province has problem with scarcity of land, one of that is landfill area. Currently, the landfill in Batam has not suitable with land use planning. Therefore, we create the alternative area that is suitable for landfill development in Batam City by using Geographical Information System (GIS).

The criteria to determine suitable landfill in GIS processing are:
- Suitable land fill is calculated only in mainland of Batam;
- Slope ≤ 20%;
- Distance from road buffer is 1.500 meter;
- It has 11 excluded factors based on Municipal’s land use planning,
they are: Jalur Gas; Commercial; Sempadan Pantai; Hutan Wisata; Hutan Kota;
Pertanian; Waduk dan Danau; Fasilitas Umum; Fasilitas Pelabuhan; Hutan Lindung; Genangan.