And now there's flooding: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/205093/100-cagayan-valley-villages-flooded-3-apayao-towns-isolated
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 7:46 PM, maning sambale <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear everyone, > > Unsatisfied by the response below, I did a follow-up call with the > NAMRIA concerned staff and explained the purpose of our project. > > They said that as long as we scanned them and didn't purchased the > scanned/digital version from NAMRIA and we did our own rectification, > this is completely OK. One thing to note though is that rectification > should be in Luzon 1911 datum > http://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/4253/ and at least 16 GCPs are > needed. After the rectification, we can then reproject it to GCS > WGS-84 > > Moreover, they said that they are well aware of OSM in the Philippines > of which they are grateful because we are providing free access to > vector datasets of the country (specifically streets). > > Honestly, the above statement surprised me. > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 1:10 PM, maning sambale > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Here's NAMRIA's response to my inquiry (I forgot to send to the list >> ASAP because it was marked as spam): >> >> Dear Sir, >> >> Did you buy the maps from the NAMRIA Map Sales Office? >> >> You can use the maps, but please acknowledge NAMRIA as the source and >> mention the process you did on the maps (i.e scan, >> georeference/georegister and trace) >> >> For more info. please call us at 8105466. >> >> Truly yours, >> >> Alvin Laurio >> >> My original message: >> Hi, I would like to ask legal clarification on the use of the NAMRIA >> 1:50k topographic maps. If I manually scan the maps and distribute >> them for free to colleagues on the internet and allow then to trace >> features in the image, am I infringing NAMRIA's copyright over the >> maps? Please provide clarification. The paper maps do not clearly >> indicate restrictions of use of the map. Thank you very much. >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Are these maps kosher for tracing? >>> >>> The Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. >>> 8293) has this to say: >>> >>> "Section 176.1. No copyright shall subsist in any work of the >>> Government of the Philippines. However, prior approval of the >>> government agency or office wherein the work is created shall be >>> necessary for exploitation of such work for profit. [...]" >>> >>> The Wikipedia community has taken this to mean that government works >>> are still copyrighted because of the non-commercial clause. >>> >>> But, additionally, copyright in the Philippines generally persist for >>> the author's life + 50 years or 50 years after publication/making >>> depending on the work. So maps published in the 1950s *might* be OK. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:33 PM, maning sambale >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Bunny, >>>> >>>> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Leonard Soriano >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Maning rectified. However naka Transverse Mercator/Luzon Datum. I can >>>>> re-project kung kinakailangan pero madami dami rin yun. >>>> >>>> If possible please re-project to lat/lon wgs84 (EPSG:4326). Upload it >>>> somewhere we can fetch the data. >>>> >>>>> CI produced a dataset ng rivers based on the Namria 125.000k. Pero They >>>>> also produced a Philippine shoreline that includes main rivers (eg. >>>>> Cagayan River) based on 1:50k topo maps. Extracting the polylines of the >>>>> rivers might is easy and can be used temporarily while the Landsat river >>>>> system is on the way being digitized. >>>> The CI dataset requires a whole lot of data request processing (data >>>> holders are a combination of NGO, and national agencies, which >>>> requires everyone's approval). >>>> >>>>> May specific province ba pagsisimulan ng focus ng mapping? or lahat basta >>>>> na apektuhan ng bagyo? >>>> I'm still collating information on the heavily affected areas. Please >>>> help in sorting the information. >>>> NDCC has soem good reports on provincial site reports: >>>> http://www.ndcc.gov.ph/ >>>> >>>> Make sure to update the wiki: >>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Philippines_Tropical_Storm_2010 >>>> >>>>> --bunny >>>>> >>>>> --- On Mon, 18/10/10, maning sambale <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> From: maning sambale <[email protected]> >>>>>> Subject: [talk-ph] Typhoon Megi/Juan Humanitarian OSM Team activation >>>>>> request >>>>>> To: "osm-ph" <[email protected]>, "osm-talk" >>>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>>> Received: Monday, 18 October, 2010, 10:55 AM >>>>>> Dear everyone, >>>>>> >>>>>> I created an activation request for mapping affected areas >>>>>> Typhoon >>>>>> Megi/Juan in the Philippines. At the moment, there >>>>>> are no high-res >>>>>> available in the area. What we can for now is to map >>>>>> large rivers >>>>>> visible in Landsat which is likely to be flooded. >>>>>> >>>>>> As the event progresses, we will evaluate specific areas >>>>>> needing >>>>>> high-res imagery. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks in advance for supporting the initiative. >>>>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/philippines_juan >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> cheers, >>>>>> maning >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden >>>>>> wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ >>>>>> blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> talk-ph mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> talk-ph mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> cheers, >>>> maning >>>> ------------------------------------------------------ >>>> "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden >>>> wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ >>>> blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ >>>> ------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> talk-ph mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> cheers, >> maning >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden >> wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ >> blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> > > > > -- > cheers, > maning > ------------------------------------------------------ > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------ > -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
