Maning, actually it wasn't just one participant. 😀 -- sent by mental telepathy via Ansible On Jun 22, 2015 6:38 AM, "maning sambale" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nice summary Erwin! From the original report in G+, one participant said: > "less talk, more fieldwork". I agree, sometimes, we are too eager to share > our personal mapping experience only to loose time for them to experience > it on their own. > > cheers, > > Maning Sambale (mobile) > On Jun 20, 2015 10:56 AM, "Erwin Olario" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Note: The original, and unabridged version of this message is a G+ post >> [0]. >> >> >> Dear everyone, >> >> If you are monitoring #OpenStreetMap changesets from the #Philippines , >> you may have noticed a common changeset comment from the past few days. >> >> The ResultMaps from neis-one.org report the following outcomes for >> #osmfeu2015 [1] >> Information for #osmfeu2015 >> Number of OSM Contributors: 43 >> Number of Map Changes: 30,218 >> Total number of Changesets: 1,376 >> >> The FEU Institute of Technology [1] and the the Map the Philippines >> initiative of Ms. Celina Agaton [2] recently concluded a training workshop >> for FEU Tech affiliates (I.T. and engineering students and faculty) . Also >> with +Celina Agaton are some of AidData Summer Fellows who are in the >> Philippines to work along with Celina's number of mapping initiatives. Amy, >> Daniella, Emily, Lu and Prabesh [4]. Some OSM-PH mappers participated as >> facilitators: +Feye Andal (@ feyeandal) +Julius Bañgate (@ jmbangate), >> +Dianne Bencito (@dichapabe), +Rally de Leon (@rally) and myself,@GOwin. >> >> At the end of the event, we asked for voluntary participants for an >> anonymous survey and over-all, the participants reported to have had very >> positive learning experience from the workshop. More than half of the >> respondents expressed their interesting in doing more field mapping >> activities. So, if you guys are planning any mapping parties soon, you know >> where to find them. >> >> And if you find new edits in your area, and they happen to be from the >> #osmfeu2015 guys, please be gentle with them. For now. :D >> >> The small group discussions had been interesting for me, especially with >> those who are now considering #OpenSource data from #OpenStreetMap for >> their own academic or personal projects. I collected baseline contributor >> data from this workshop and hope to evaluate the effectiveness of the >> engagement a few months down the road. If any of you are interested in this >> kind of thing, let me know how we can work together. >> >> We were told that almost a hundred people signed up for the activity. >> Personally, I am happy to know that there are that many people who find the >> topic interesting. However, I'm also glad that we didn't get as much >> participants because we would have had a rough time managing the class >> because there weren't enough experienced mappers who can help facilitate >> and direct small group discussions. >> >> For the closing activities, we came up with a few interesting awards >> based on contributor metrics: The Map-chine (for the participant who made >> the most number of edits during the workshop), The Beast Mapper (for the >> participant who contributed the most varied type of features, and the JOSM >> Padawan (for the participant who made the most number of edits using JOSM). >> >> I took a few snaps [5] but expect the workshop organizers to release >> their official photos soon. :) >> >> Many thanks to the organizers, the host, and to fellow participants who >> made this possible. >> >> [0] https://plus.google.com/+WinOlario/posts/2bw56neXHC3 >> [1] >> http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-changesets?comment=osmfeu2015#5/13.753/122.124 >> [2] http://www.feutech.edu.ph/ >> [3] http://aiddata.org/aiddata-summer-fellows >> [4] https://goo.gl/photos/b7sGziWhrmqJdDCVA >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> *Erwin Olario* >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> » email: erwin@ <[email protected]>*n**gnu**IT**y**.**net* >> <http://ngnuity.net/> | [email protected] >> » mobile: (PHL): +63 908 817 2013 >> » OpenPGP key: 3A93D56B | 5D42 7CCB 8827 9046 1ACB 0B94 63A4 81CE 3A93 >> D56B >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk-ph mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >> >>
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