[talk-ph] Roundup of webmaps of the Philippines

[Eugene Alvin Villar]

Hi guys,

Here's a roundup of various webmaps of the Philippines (those that
have a slippy map and those that have detailed streets and not just
VMAP0). The links provided are centered on Bonifacio High Street for
comparison purposes.


1. OpenStreetMap and derivatives:

1.1 Main OSM website (has street/POI search):
http://osm.org/go/4zhHIc52D--

1.2 MapQuest Open (has street/POI search):
http://open.mapquest.com/link/4-j8XNN9OX

1.3 CloudMade (has street/POI search):
http://maps.cloudmade.com/?lat=14.550339&lng=121.051279&zoom=18&styleId=1&opened_tab=0

1.4 Bing Maps
--- Bing Maps has an OSM layer but it requires Silverlight (or
Moonlight for Linux)


2. Google Maps: (has street/POI search, has satellite imagery):
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=14.550511,121.051177&spn=0.002555,0.004882&z=18

3. Nokia OVI Maps (NAVTEQ) (has street/POI search, has satellite imagery):
http://maps.ovi.com/#|14.5507433|121.0512443|17|0|0|normal.day

4. Mapcentral (has street/POI search, no general permalinks):
http://mapcentral.ph/mapcentral/index.cfm?event=ResultDetailSession&code=PBLDGTAG_731572&metaid=1747122&name=bonifacio%20high%20street

5. StreetDirectory (has street/POI search):
http://www.streetdirectory.com/philippines/?x=121.04925292086534&y=14.55147855560189&l=12&s=ph


This list is provided so that you can search in multiple places in
case you want directions (and OSM doesn't have it yet). :-)

Please inform me if I have missed anything.