[talk-ph] Project NOAH encouraging mapping through OSM

2014-06-24 Thread maning sambale
Just saw this blog article from Project NOAH http://blog.noah.dost.gov.ph/2014/06/24/how-to-map-using-open-street-map-osm/ Even before the Project NOAH website was launched years ago, I have been talking to Dr. Mahar Lagmay on possible collaborations. Slowly they are now adopting OSM as the

[talk-ph] Governor Pineda (Pampanga) willing to support OSM for mapping other municipalities in the province

2014-06-24 Thread maning sambale
Hi, I just came back from a presentation/meeting Governor Lilia Pineda of Pampanga, Mayor Mylyn Pineda - Cayabyab of Lubao and, members of the Provincial Council of Pampanga. This is part of our Pampanga work to update the provincial government on the status of the project. Together with

Re: [talk-ph] Governor Pineda (Pampanga) willing to support OSM for mapping other municipalities in the province

2014-06-24 Thread Mark Cupitt
Wow Maning, Well done. Good News .. all around .. Cheers Mark Regards Mark Cupitt If we change the world, let it bear the mark of our intelligence See me on Open StreetMap https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mark_Cupitt See me on LinkedIn http://ph.linkedin.com/in/markcupitt *See me on

Re: [talk-ph] Project NOAH encouraging mapping through OSM

2014-06-24 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
And here's a YouTube video from Project NOAH on why they want people, especially LGUs, to map buildings in OSM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywnUfY2uerY Very nice! :-) On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 5:50 PM, maning sambale emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com wrote: Just saw this blog article from Project

Re: [talk-ph] Governor Pineda (Pampanga) willing to support OSM for mapping other municipalities in the province

2014-06-24 Thread Ronny Ager-Wick
Wow that's great to hear that they appreciate the efforts, and even will support it, especially when it comes from the jueteng lord/lady, eh.. I mean governor... Kudos on your political manoeuvring, Maning. As this is my area, especially the northern part, I will aim to get more involved.

Re: [talk-ph] Project NOAH encouraging mapping through OSM

2014-06-24 Thread Pierre Béland
I am happy to see that the awesome OpenstreetMap community is recognized by Noah. You should communicate on this on the HOT discussion list to give examples of usefulness of Activations like the Haiyan / Yolanda Activation. And let's hope they will also use the OSM basemap on the front page

Re: [talk-ph] Project NOAH encouraging mapping through OSM

2014-06-24 Thread Dale Kunce
Maning, very cool. How does WebSafe compare to the InaSafe work being done by HOT in Indonesia? Small thing but the map they are showing doesn't include a attributation to OSM. Looking forward to seeing more of these projects over time. Dale On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Pierre Béland

Re: [talk-ph] Project NOAH encouraging mapping through OSM

2014-06-24 Thread maning sambale
How does WebSafe compare to the InaSafe work being done by HOT in Indonesia? Websafe is using the same impact function library of InaSAFE. The only difference is that this is web-based. Small thing but the map they are showing doesn't include a attributation to OSM. Yes, we already informed

Re: [talk-ph] Governor Pineda (Pampanga) willing to support OSM for mapping other municipalities in the province

2014-06-24 Thread maning sambale
Kudos on your political manoeuvring, Maning. Credits goes to our local partners in Pampanga. While they are busy updating their own LGUs in OSM, they are aware that to be more effective and to get a complete picture of the hazard and exposure situation, they need to look beyond administrative