Hi guys, I have just submitted an abstract for an oral presentation to PhilGEOS 2012.
If you're curious, I've pasted below the full text of the abstract that I submitted. Hopefully it will be accepted and so that we can present OSM to this conference. :) -------------- OpenStreetMap (http://openstreetmap.org) is a worldwide crowd-sourced mapping project that aims to create the world’s most complete, up-to-date, and accurate general-purpose digital map of the world that is also freely licensed. OpenStreetMap is bringing into mapping the same volunteerism and free/open ethos that has made Wikipedia the world’s largest and most popular encyclopedia. OpenStreetMap users contribute to the global dataset by collecting traces using GPS loggers, by tracing from geo-rectified satellite imagery, and by inputting attributes like street names and routing restrictions based on on-the-field survey and local knowledge. The data is stored in a database using a simplified topological data model consisting of nodes, ways, and relations, and attribute data is recorded using a flexible tagging system with an ontology determined through user consensus. OpenStreetMap was started in 2004 in the United Kingdom and was borne out of the frustration of ordinary citizens in obtaining map data that can be freely used by any person for any purpose. From then on, OpenStreetMap grew to become a worldwide project with thousands of users editing the map database every month. OpenStreetMap’s data, maps, and technologies are used by many entities, from government agencies like the White House, U.S. Geological Survey, and the TriMet office of Portland, Oregon, to commercial companies like Apple, foursquare, and Yahoo!’s Flickr. In the field of humanitarian and disaster relief, OpenStreetMap has provided the maps that aided relief workers in the wake of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and OpenStreetMap has mapped Kibera, Nairobi, one of Africa’s largest slum areas. However, given the crowd-sourced characteristic of OpenStreetMap, can the project’s data be trusted to be accurate? While most of the world in OpenStreetMap is incomplete or inaccurate, the amateur nature of OpenStreetMap is not a hindrance to the project’s long-term growth in terms of completeness and quality. A 2009 study at the University College London has concluded that “[OpenStreetMap] quality [in England] is beyond good enough [and] can be used for a wide range of activities.” A 2010 University of Heidelberg study that compared OpenStreetMap data in Germany with Tele Atlas concluded that “the amount of data collected by volunteers in Germany has been tremendous and will cause OpenStreetMap to pass Tele Atlas in the near future in the total length of all street network data.” In the Philippines, OpenStreetMap is very active with Filipinos and foreigners helping to map the country’s 7,000-plus islands. Compared to countries like the United Kingdom and Germany, where OpenStreetMap is already quite mature, the Philippines still has a very large room for growth. Nevertheless, users in the Philippines have already mapped more than 100,000 kilometers of roads, added the outlines of more than 50,000 buildings, and marked the locations of more than 50,000 points of interest (POIs). The growth and potential of OpenStreetMap is such that it cannot be ignored by practitioners in the geomatics field. GIS professionals and geographers should learn to be familiar with OpenStreetMap and to even consider becoming contributors, helping to build the world’s largest geographical database. -------------- On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> wrote: > I support OSMPH giving a presentation and/or having a booth in the conference. > > For the talk, I guess something like "OpenStreetMap in the > Philippines: Why Crowdsourced Mapping is Here to Stay" (just a > suggestion!) It would be better if we have an idea of the makeup of > the target audience so we would know what would appeal to them most > about OSM. > > The deadline for submitting an abstract is on August 31, so we'd > better work up something fast! :) > > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 4:45 PM, maning sambale > <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Might be of interest. I'm planning to setup a booth for OSGeo PH and >> OSM. Anyone interested to present something? >> _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
