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Abstract

Geothermal energy is one of the renewable power sources which can be an alternative to the increasingly more scarce fossil fuel. Especially, West-Sumatera is one of region in Indonesia located at the ring of fire, has an abundant potential for geothermal energies. The proposed of the study research was development of web-based mapping application and identifying potential areas for geothermal exploration. Web-Based GIS ( also called internet GIS or on line GIS) is a network-based geographic information service that utilizes both wired and wireless Internet to access geographic information and analytical tools in delivering GIS services. Use of GIS applications service as for resources information system tools in Decision Support System (DSS) to helping and managing the company’s geothermal resources for key decision making, planning and also provides the users with an innovative and interactive way to access the spatial content over the internet/intranet. The service application provides a variety of functionalities such as; browse map mode, querying, navigation system, user requiring service, search region and displaying geothermal well properties e.g. megawatt capacity, map editing and printing from the web interface.