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OSM x GM "Glitch"

I just read Side-by-side images expose a glitch in Google’s maps from Quartz that highlights some shortcomings of Google Maps (GM), and calls them "glitches". I find it amusing because I often here the same assertions against OSM.

Immediately, what came to mind was how the OSM community is faring in these areas:

Morro dos Prazeres

© 2017 BBBike.org & Geofabrik GmbH - map data (©) OpenStreetMap.org contributors

Makoko, Lagos

© 2017 BBBike.org & Geofabrik GmbH - map data (©) OpenStreetMap.org contributors

Nomgon, Ömnögovi Province, Gobi

© 2017 BBBike.org & Geofabrik GmbH - map data (©) OpenStreetMap.org contributors

Fitri, Chad

© 2017 BBBike.org & Geofabrik GmbH - map data (©) OpenStreetMap.org contributors

So, do is OSM, at large, doing any better than GM, right now? No, not really. Not yet.

We all know that it's the local community that makes the real difference, and it's unlikely there's any active ones there, hence the very bare coverage.

In the long run, as soon as these areas do get better data, the Open nature of the data license provided by OSM makes it superior to what GM can offer.

While the article decries about the lack of data, and these communities are "invisible" from GM. The writer may not have recognized why OSM is the platform of choice by many humanitarian organizations.

When communities recognize the need to become "visible" by being depicted in public maps, to have a voice in governance, they are very welcome to do so in OSM. The community mapping efforts of the [Kibera project] (https://mapkibera.org) in Nairobi, Kenya; its empowerment of the community that's called the largest slum in Africa proves that. And that is happening all over the world. External actors could introduce OSM mapping, but it can only be sustained by an active community of contributors and end-users.

Kibera - from blank spot, to one of the most densest mapped neighbourhoods in OSM today.
© 2017 © OpenStreetMap.org contributors

As a corporation, GM will always have an underlying (commercial) reason for doing things. In OSM, I'd like to think we map because we can.

Davao City Fire District (BFP Davao City)

Pre-event Tasks:

• write letter of introduction and data request
• meet with the local officers and administrators
• schedule a mapa-thon / map jam. See https://ti.to/mapamore/kadayawan2017
• invite local community and other stake holders: OSM, DDRMO, volunteer fire companies
• prepare a micro-tasking event

Post-event Tasks:

• send thank you email to collaborators
• issue digital credentials via GeoBadges to participants
• do a write-up for the activity

San Juan City Photo-mapping

See: #3

Process and upload:

• photos from primary camera
• photos from secondary, side camera

General Santos City Fire Office (BFP GenSan)

To do:

• write letter of invitation to participate, [email protected].
  - [ ] invite local community: OSM, DDRMO, volunteer fire companies
  - [ ] schedule mapa-thon/workshop
• map jam with the local fire deparment

Mapping with OpenStreetMap in Davao City

• coordinate with host about topic coverage
• conduct workshop
• write-up

2018-09-16 Mapathon for Ompong

Community response to typhoon Ompong, mapping areas in northern Luzon affected by the typhoon.

• Host: Red Cross, c/o Red Cross VCAD project
• Tasking Manager tasks for Ompong

2018-09-23 OpenStreetMap Mapathon 3 - #ompongPH

Community response to typhoon Ompong, mapping areas in northern Luzon affected by the typhoon.

• Tasking Manager tasks for Ompong
• Host: Red Cross, c/o Red Cross VCAD project
• Sponsor: Kaart

NCR Fire Districts

NCR Districts

• - Fire District I - Manila Fire District
• - Fire District II
  • - Caloocan
  • - Malabon
  • - Navotas
  • - Valenzuela
• - Fire District III
  • - Makati
  • - Pasay
  • - Parañaque
  • - Las Piñas
  • - Muntinlupa
• - Fire District IV
  • -Mandaluyong
  • -Marikina
  • -Pasig
  • -Pateros
  • -San Juan City
  • -Taguig
• -Fire Distrive V - Quezon Fire District (Quezon City)

City Mapa-thon - (San) Juan more time

RSVP and registration: https://ti.to/mapamore/juan-more-time
Objective: Completing pending and incomplete DRR facilities, basic data for barangays in San Juan city.

See: #5

Photo-mapping with Bunny Soriano, and Marikina biking group.

• AOI: Marikina
• finalize dates, participants.
• write-up

City of Manila

Completed in 2016

MapaTime! October

Theme: MapaBabae - Mapping social facilities and institutions that support VAWfreePH
Co-ordinator: Nalie Vicario (GeoLadies)
Photos: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:MapaTime

Lightning talk presenters:

• OpenStreetMap is OSM awesome! by Erwin
• 2018 18-day Campaign to End VAWC by Liane Rivas (PCW)
• DSWD Programs and Services on VAWC by Rosemy Taburnal (DSWD)
• DSWD MapViewer and Updates by Mac Labrador (DSWD)
• Mental Health aWHEREness PH by Andi Tabinas (mhamaph.com)

Open Source Mapping Workshop using OpenStreetmap with Tambayan Center, Davao

• plan workshop content with Organizers
• building training team
• conduct workshop
• complete other deliverables
• do post-event write-up c/o @jenjerenjen

[mapa-talk] Kick-off event

Reference: https://github.com/orgs/mapamore/projects/1#card-3121079
What: Mapa-talk
Who: PUP San Juan community, Public
Where: PUP San Juan Campus
When: 2016-10-03, 09:00-12:00

Outline

Topic / Subject Area	Resource Person	Affiliation
Community: SFD in PH	Mac Yanto	Computer Professionals' Union
Information Security	Drexx Lagui	Laggui and Associates, Inc.
Multimedia	Arielle Cruz
Community: OpenStreetMap	Rally de Leon	OSMph
Photo-mapping: Street-level Imagery	Eduardo Neerhut	Mapillary
Project: Healthsites.io	Nate Smith	HOT; OpenAerialMap

Geoweek event at University of San Carlos, Cebu City

Venue: University of San Carlos, Talamban Campus, Cebu City
Sign-up: https://ti.to/mapamore/osm-geoweek-2017-cebu/
Event type: Mapa-talk
Points of contact:

• Rose Lappad (Head, Cebuano Studies Center)
• Laila Labajo (Chairperson, department of Anthropology, Sociology and History)
• Devra Rae Ouano (Instructor, GIS)

To do:

• discuss activity feasibility, and possible dates
• create sign-up page, post event in OSM calendar, share with SNS
• coordinate event details with PoC
• facilitate the event
• post diary entry to OSM
• issue Geobadges to participants
• send thank you note to collaborators

Conceptualization meeting with collaborators: PUPSJC + DRRMO

Introductions by Jimmy G to CDRRMO contacts.

• Preface: FOSS and OSM
• On-going collaboration with PUPSJC
• Possibilities of collaboration with DRRMO - what are your needs?

Maptime! Manila, 26th July 2018

Maptime! Manila hosted by CWTS++ program in PUP San Juan, 10:45-13:15

Presenters

• Jen Alconis: Mapping with the gender lens
• RK Aranas: City Street Orientation & Intro to Maptime! Diliman
• Rally de Leon: Kapit-bahayan

MapaTime! 2019 January -

Marikina Field Mapping @ Lilac Street

The LRT2 light-rail line that runs from Recto to Santolan in Marikina allows riders to bring their folding bikes (only in the last coach, and only up to 4 folded bikes per train)

Yesterday's Marikina City Mapping Party is the first field mapping activity organized by MapaTime! - and our first activity for the 2019. Also, the last the local OpenStreetMap community organized such an activity was back in 2016. This time, we also encouraged people to bring their bikes (or skateboards, and kick scooters)

The early Sunday ride was pleasant, and the coaches barely full

And because I missed the earlier train, I was late for the 06:30 breakfast briefing. Our early birds: Gillian, Ruby, Rap - all first timers, we're already asking in the Telegram channel about where everyone is. They got Mapillary schwags (tees, phone holders) for coming in early!

Breakfast briefing on OpenStreetMap and FieldPapers

As soon as we had enough people, I gave a short introduction to OpenStreetMap and guidelines on how (easy it is) to use FieldPapers. We then had breakfast, and gave the stragglers a few more minutes.

FieldPapers Atlas of the area of interest

All-in-all, we had 14 people who showed up. Some were students (the youngest participant is a university froshie), a number of people work for government agencies who are interested in utilizing OSM, and three others who are from the private sector, checking out how OSM might be used in their business.

The team who dubbed themselves as "Walkerz" were assigned to work on grids along two major roads using FieldPapers.

Team Walkerz photos. © 2019. Arnalie Vicario.

Meanwhile, the cyclists, "Team Padyak" divided the surrounding areas into 4 large quadrants and collected street-level imagery using Smartphones + Mapillary or Action Cameras.

A very brief briefing for Team Padyak

(Disclosure: Actually, that's "all cyclists except for one" - I went home, excited to upload the collection, only to find a memory card with three useless photos 🙄 As penance for my sins, I woke up early today and went around my city to fill-in the street-level photo blanks. 🚴‍♂️ )

Team Padyak - the cycling team collected photos using Mapillary (and some Walkerz photo-bombing us. 🤣

And off we went. After about 1.5 hours, we met up in another location for lunch, and shared about individual experiences, including tips about how they went about their assignments.

Bunny and Ruby, sharing experiences and showing some of the photos they collected on their Mapillary app.

And we continued our conversations over lunch, discussed future plans, and generally had fun for this month's MapaTime!

The following group photo was taken after the field work, and everyone still looks fresh !

NCR Fire Districts

See: #10

Kick-off event

ref: #1

MapaTime! November

Theme: Geography Awareness Week
SIgn-up page: https://ti.to/mapamore/mapatime
Co-ordinator: RK Aranas
Gallery: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:MapaTime

Lightning talks

San Juan, NCR

done with San Juan City

Peasant Mapathon

Where: NCCP, 877 EDSA, Quezon City
When: 29th Sep 2018, 15:00-20:00
Team:

• Zi Mapping Concepts and Basic GIS
• Jen - MapContrib
• Erwin Learning to map with OpenStreetMap - Quick Start
• RK

OpenStreetMap training for PUPSJC volunteers

What: Training
Who: PUP San Juan community
Where: PUP San Juan Campus
When: 2016-11-28 - 2017-02-13

CWTS++ Pilot, 2018

Collaborator: PUP San Juan
Term: AY 2018, Term 1
Participants: volunteer first year students from PUPSJ-CCIS, in lieu of regular NSTP-CWTS.

Maptime! Manila, 27th Sep 2018

Maptime! Manila hosted by CWTS++ program in PUP San Juan, 10:45-13:15

Presenters

• I.P. Rebong : Intro to CWTS++
• E. Sangjo & S.A. Esteves : Motivations for Mapping
• Bunny Soriano: Application of UAV in Spatial Mapping of Urban Forest Cover
• Mikko Tamura: OpenStreetMap and the Philippine Red Cross

DRR Mapa-thon for San Juan

ref: #3

Objectives per Barangay

• Update barangay halls: address, location, contact
• Update evacuation shelters: address, location, contact
• Update emergency muster points
• map hydrants
  • fire hazard zones (need more info re: red, blue, green yellow zones on the map)
• updated streets with missing names

Workshop - Community Mapping with the Elderly

Community Partner: MiAmore House of Care
Venue Partner: YouthMappers chapter, FEU Institute of Technology
Sign-up: https://ti.to/mapamore/mapping-with-the-elderly
Event type: Workshop, basic
Facilitator: Rally de Leon

Points of contact:

• Bing Racadio (Founder, MiAmore House of Care)
• Pierre Edwin See Tiong (FEU YouthMappers)

To do:

• discuss activity feasibility, and possible dates
• create sign-up page, post event in OSM calendar, share with SNS
• coordinate event details with working partners
• facilitate the event
• post diary entry to OSM
• issue Geobadges to participants