Prior to the IAGMP the only significant gravity mapping of Irian Jaya Was undertaken byb the Nederlandsche Nieuw Guinee petroleum Maatschappij(NNGPM) from 1936 to 1960 as reported by visser and Hermes 1962. This pioneering Work Was undertaken as part of a search for oil and gas Was therefore largely restricted to areas of considered hydrocarbon poteā¦