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Geographic information system (GIS) is a unique information system because the system are using referenced spatial data as data input and the resulting information is a solution for solving spatial problems that may not be resolved by others information system. IDRISI (derived from the name of an explorer, geographer and author of Moroccan nationality, Muhammad Al-Idrisi) is one of the geographic information system software developed by Clark Labs for geographic technology and cartographic analysis at Clark University, USA. IDRISI software is one of three proprietary software is widely used in various parts of the world in addition to ArcGIS software from environmental systems research institute (ESRI) and MapInfo Professional from MapInfo corporation. IDRISI has an advantage because spatial analysis can be done either in the raster and vector data formats other than that the price for each license is quite competitive, especially for researchers and educational institutions.