Hi All, Additional photos here. (Included some that were posted in OSMPH FB page.
https://plus.google.com/photos/107255569747517144785/albums/5898936160877109425 Regards, Ervin M. *Schadow1 Expeditions* - A Filipino must not be a stranger to his own motherland. http://www.s1expeditions.com On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 5:50 PM, maning sambale <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear everyone, > > tl;dr > It was great event! 11 people joined and I am personally happy to meet new > people whom I see only as usernames in the OSM editors (JOSM, P2 and iD) > Photos in FB: > > Here's the summary of our notes thanks to feye and dianne for compiling. :) > > ============= > Attendees > > - Rally De Leon > - Eugene Villar > - Erwin Olario > - Miguel Martin Menez > - Ervin Malicdem > - Vanessa Malicdem > - John Ernest Caliwag > - Leonard Doyle > - Maning Sambale > - Feye Andal > - Dianne Bencito > > > - Photos - > > https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151727536452597.1073741825.345455082596&type=3 > > Discussion and agreements Brief introduction about ESSC > > Maning introduced the Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC) which > the WorldBank has partnership on *Participatory Mapping and LGU decision > support tools for DRR*. > > ESSC is a Jesuit research institution engaged in local, national and > regional research and dialogue that contribute to an understanding and > sustainability of community-based environmental management through the > development of a "science for social change". > > ESSC's approach to environmental mapping makes significant contribution to > building people's capacities to collectively manage and plan towards an > improvement of their way of life through a more responsive management of > the environment. > > Sevaral mapping related project of ESSC includes: Marikina Watershed, > Community Mapping, IPs (Bukidnon Pulangiyen), FOSS-Geo Training, Forest > cover monitoring. > Project Overview (WorldBank-ESSC Partnership) > > Maning presented the ESSC_WB partnership entitled *Participatory Mapping > and LGU decision support tools for DRR* > > The project is a six month project focusing on providing capacity to local > government units to "prepare/formulate risk-sensitive land-use plans, > structural audits of public infrastructure and disaster contingency plans." > > The LGUs need access to hazard and risk data through user friendly tools > for analyzing this information for specific decisions. > > Major Objectives are: > > - support growth of OSM > - support customization of InaSAFE (impact assessment) > > Activities and Components: > > - Developing tools and learning materials. Training materials will be > largely based on the www.learnosm.org. > - Trainings to 5 LGUs and other local partners. The target LGUs are: > (Candaba, Guagua, Lubao in Pampanga; Calamba, Bay, Santa Cruz in Laguna). > - This is not yet final since we need to secure approval from the > DILG and the respective LGU leaders. > - ESSC is also looking for local OSM volunteers (trainors) who can > help in conducting the training (email [email protected] you > are interested) > - Sharing, distribution and maintenance of data. > - Build and nurture partnerships and collaborations. > - ESSC is open to interested groups or individuals to participate > in the project. > - Sharing project outcomes to the public. > - Related to OSM-PH, we have committed to co-organize small OSM-PH > community events. Our QC office can accommodate small events for OSM-PH. > > The slides are here: > http://www.slideshare.net/esambale/essc-osmph-wbproject > Issues raised/comments > > - *On the flooding in Candaba, Pampanga*. Ernest mentioned that the > flooding in Candaba is partly due to water coming from upstream towns of > Bulacan (san Miguel and Dona Remedios Trinidad). Ernest is from San Miguel > and has contacts with the current LGU leaders. It would be good to > coordinate and share some aspects of the project to San Miguel so that they > can also participate if possible. Ernest agreed to initiate the > coordination. > > > - *On the lack of active marketing within OSM-PH community to expand > user base.* Unlike other community mapping projects (G MapMaker), > OSM-PH doesn't do intensive PR and the "marketing" of OSM in the > Philippines rely mostly on word-of-mouth. This is understandable since > being volunteer group we don't have any dedicated marketing arm. Related > to ESSC's > project, we will try provide regular updates in our website to support the > marketing aspect. If others have ideas on how we can spread the word > even more, let's discuss. > > > - *On encouraging the use of local language in the OSM-PH > mailinglist.*This talk-ph mailinglist is very much EN language centric. > Maning proposes > that we encourage the use of other local language to encourage LGUs to post > and ask questions. EN maybe intimidating to some people and maybe one > reason very few newbies are posting. The group agreed that this is OK > and should be encouraged. > > > - *On additional tags for roads that is used by LGUs.* LGUs interested > in using OSM data and they are trying to make sense of our road > classification scheme. OSM road tagging is mostly by function (motorway, > trunk, primary, secondary, oneway, etc.) and physical characteristics > (unpaved, concrete, etc). Most LGUs categorize road by administrative > jurisdiction (i. e. national road, provincial road, municipal road). There > were previous discussion in this list related to this ( > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ph/2012-May/003974.html) > The group agreed to adopt the designation=* tag to incorporate the LGU > categories For example, highway=primary, designation=provincial. > > However, looking at the above list discussion, there is also a proposed > highway:admin=* Is this more appropriate or we just adopt designation? > > > - *On the OSM meet-up and schedule of project activities.* To be able > to participate in the planned activities, ESSC will post the schedules > 2 weeks before the activity. For now, the project plan is that LGU > trainings will start either by August to September. > > Related to small meetups, we have a page to coordinate them ( > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Philippines/Events/SkillShare) If you > have ideas on what topics, please edit that page. Some initial ideas > discussed during the meeting was: > > > - How to build your own Garmin maps based on OSM. The goal is for > others to contribute to improving (style, routing, search) of our OSMPH > Garmin map. > - Edit sprints. We edit a specific feature in OSM (schools, admin > boundaries, etc.) > > > - *On download services that will easily use OSM for non-technical > users.* Rally stated that some data users may have difficulty in > understanding how they can use the data. He proposed that we build a simple > download interface where people can get sample OSM like a CSV of all > schools in Metro Manila. This data can be easily viewed in a spreadsheet > application without requirning any GIS skills. A related discussion he also > raised in the list before ( > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ph/2013-February/004322.html). > Maning demonstrated he use of GDAL/OGR to extract this kind of data and > Eugene also showed the Overpass API to do this. These tools are still > difficult for many interested users. Bottom line is that we still need > to find ways for people to easily get data from OSM. > > Presentation of Maptastic > > Leonard Doyle of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) > presented IOM's Maptastic! Project. > > The project's goal is to increase community awareness towards on DRR using > media campaigns and community mapping. > > The project's initial plan is to conduct community mapping activities to > 10 barangays that was affected by Typhoon Pablo in Davao Oriental. OSM will > be the platform of this mapping activity. > > IOM is looking for OSM-PH's support for this project in the form of: > > - Remote mappers who can help in improving data in the target > barangays. > - Local mappers who can join in the planned mapping events. > - Advise on technologies they can adapt or further develop. > > Details about the project here: > http://prezi.com/qlkwjcdepwov/maptastic-mindanao/ > Editing relations in JOSM > > The last part of the meeting was a demonstration by Eugene on how to use > and edit relations using JOSM. He explained what a relation is and showed > how to use/and not use relations. Thanks Eugene for the impromptu skill > sharing! :) > > > -- > 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 > >
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