The Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) students’ team, under the name PROPIX, won first place in the MAPID WebGIS Competition 2025, a national-level event organized by MAPID under the theme “Land Transformation for a Sustainable Future.”
The competition focused on developing WebGIS-based solutions to support land transformation toward a sustainable future. It took place from Jan. 7 to May 24, 2025, at the Teaching Industry Learning Center (TILC) of UGM Vocational College (SV UGM).
Anggita Noviana Rizki led the PROPIX team from the Urban and Regional Planning program, serving as the project leader.
The team members included Anggito Muhammad Amien and Adzka Bagus Juniarta from the Information Engineering program, Buana Baruna Bayu from the Urban and Regional Planning program, and Hifnie Adzih Al-Ghifari from Geodetic Engineering.
According to Rizki, the team’s success reflects the strength of their innovative platform, which integrates WebGIS technology to transform the property investment industry through a data-driven and sustainable spatial approach.
“In this competition, participants were challenged to design and explore the use of property price data as a foundation for solutions supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),” she said on Thursday, Jun. 5, 2025.
She further explained that the competition also emphasized the importance of combining WebGIS technology with various Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) sub-themes.
Participants were required to select the SDG sub-theme most relevant to their interests and vision in order to produce the most impactful solution for society.
In response to this challenge, she explained that PROPIX, as an innovative platform, fundamentally shifts the traditional paradigm of property investment by integrating WebGIS, artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics.
The aim is to offer a smarter, more transparent, and sustainable investment experience.
The platform, designed by UGM students, directly addresses longstanding issues faced by property investors, including difficulties in accessing accurate information, a lack of market data transparency, and uncertainty in analyzing investment potential and risk within the context of sustainable development.
“We combine opportunities and risks to identify both sides transparently. The platform is intended for investors, sellers, and buyers,” she elaborated.
She added that PROPIX’s core advantage lies in its implementation of WebGIS technology, which allows for the comprehensive spatial visualization and analysis of property data.
The platform integrates large-scale property data from various trusted sources, including historical price data, market trends, demographic patterns, infrastructure, environmental factors, and sustainability indicators.
Using web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, PROPIX provides users with an interactive and accessible experience, accessible via any browser, without requiring special software.
Within the theme of Land Transformation for a Sustainable Future, PROPIX not only focuses on the profitability aspect of investments but also takes into account the environmental and social impacts of each property investment decision.
The platform incorporates sustainability indicators such as energy efficiency, accessibility to public transportation, availability of public facilities, and local ecosystem impact into its investment recommendation algorithms.
Bayu also stated that PROPIX is expected to encourage a paradigm shift in Indonesia’s property industry from a profit-driven model to a more holistic and sustainable approach.
“This platform can help investors understand that sustainable investments not only benefit the environment and society but can also offer better long-term returns,” he said.
He also expressed hope that their achievement would inspire more young innovators to develop technological solutions that are not only economically profitable but also socially responsible and environmentally sustainable.
“With PROPIX, we hope to help more people make smarter decisions based on transparent data,” he concluded.
Author: Leony
Editor: Gusti Grehenson
Post-editor: Lintang Andwyna
Photographs: MAPID Team