Hi Eugene, Congrats to all you guys it looked like a fantastic day. That house looks awesome, it is great that some of the heritage is being preserved and shared.
Cheers Mark Regards Mark Cupitt "If we change the world, let it bear the mark of our intelligence" Hire Me on Freelancer 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 StackExchange <http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/17846/mark-c>* =============================================================================================== The contents of this email are intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose, copy, distribute, or use the contents of this email. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the email and any attachments. =============================================================================================== On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > First of all, here's the before-and-after image: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Santa_Ana,_Manila_Mapping_Party_before_and_after.png > > Thank you to everybody who attended our first mapping party since 2011. We > were joined by mappers Rally and Marco (who is also a board member of > WMPH). We also had a few Geodetic Engineering students from UP Diliman join > us, like Angel and Mark. > > The map of Santa Ana was improved during the event by Marco editing almost > in real-time using Go Map. Rally then later added what he can at home using > JOSM. Jules, although he wasn't able to attend, also supported the event by > tracing buildings in the area before and after the event. > > In the late afternoon, together with the Wikipedians, we were given a tour > at the Lichauco Heritage House (http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/303265506), > one of the only 2 heritage houses declared by the National Historical > Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in Metro Manila. > > We met and talked with the owner, Ma'am Jessie Lichauco, the 102-year-old > widow of diplomat Marcial Lichauco who joined the Filipino contingent to > the U.S. that led to the Tydings-McDuffie Act (aka Philippine Independence > Act). For her age, she was quite talkative, witty and energetic! > > We also saw the huge Balete Heritage Tree at the front yard ( > http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3076137109) (yes, the house faced the > Pasig River, back when the river was the main avenue of transportation and > Pedro Gil did not exist yet), one of only 2 heritage trees declared by the > Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). > > Some photos during the event (on Facebook): > https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152672926032908 > https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152671206502908 > https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204787553713658 > https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=578119035643368 (not fully public) > > I hope we can have more mapping parties in the future. If nothing else, > it's an excuse to meet up and talk about maps! :-) > > Regards, > Eugene > > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > >
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