among definitions and sources. According to a geospatial survey conducted between 2007 and 2010 by Badan Koordinasi Survei dan Pemetaan Nasional (Bakorsurtanal), the National Coordinating Agency for Survey and Mapping, Indonesia has 13,466 islands.[1] However, according to earlier survey in 2002 by National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), the Indonesian archipelago has 18,307 islands and, … according to the CIA World Factbook, there are 17,508 islands.[2] The discrepancy of the numbers of Indonesian islands was because that the earlier surveys include "tidal islands"; sandy cays and rocky reefs that appear during low tide and are submerged during high tide.[1] 8,844 islands have been named according to estimates made by the government of Indonesia, with 922 of those permanently inhabited.[3] http://enwp.org/List_of_islands_of_Indonesia
Islands Directory (Direktori Pulau-pulau Kecil Indonesia) is a web directory that lists small islands of Indonesia.[1] Established by 2007 Law 27 (Undang-Undang 27 Tahun 2007), it covers islands up to area of 2,000 km2 and their surrounding ecosystem. The directory is managed by Direktorat Pendayagunaan Pulau-Pulau Kecil, Direktorat Jenderal Pengelolaan Ruang Laut, Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan, Republik Indonesia.
https://www.wikidata.org/ Wikidata can be queried. https://query.wikidata.org/ The following queries and results were done on 14-15 June 2017. Wikimedia Indonesia has an intern busily improving the data; the results should be different when you run these queries.
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multiple coordinates (11) • Add DPKI authority to coordinates (0%) • Add coordinates from DPKI (3% completed) • Add missing islands from DPKI (70% completed) • Add other countries to disputed/shared islands of Indonesia • Add OpenStreetMap relations to Wikidata islands of Indonesia (%0) TO DO
• Create bahasa Indonesia Wikipedia labels • Create bahasa Inggris Wikipedia labels • Create bahasa Jawa Wikipedia labels etc.. • Find new duplicate Wikidata islands using new labels TO DO