[talk-ph] A look back at the early years of OpenStreetMap in the Philippines (2006-2008)

maning sambale emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com
Thu Jun 9 03:45:08 BST 2011


This is my favorite:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1142/3169502950_9a02f9ac79.jpg

That shot was taken around lat Dec of 2008.

Image caption:
Almost single-handedly mapped by ianlopez using potlatch, landsat
images and local knowledge! No GPS, no high-res imagery.

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's another picture of early OSMPH, circa August 2007:
> http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com/images/openstreetmap_ncr_sample
>
> I got that screenshot when I blogged about joining OSM back in 2007:
> http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com/posts/osm_does_the_philippines
>
> Our data now is a far, far cry from what we had back then. But in
> 2007, maning's hand is very obvious--the main streets of Marikina are
> well-mapped. :-)
>
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:55 AM, maning sambale
> <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for the scraping the history on several sites and lists.  Just
>> to add, here's my oldest osmarender image of Metro Manila:
>> http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1050/3170253158_21336b1da2.jpg
>>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 2:26 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I think you might find this interesting. Here are some links to the
>>> early years (2006-2008) of the OpenStreetMap project in the
>>> Philippines.
>>>
>>> Sometime in 2006 - The first node, segment, and way in the Philippines
>>> were created
>>>
>>> August 30, 2006 - First version of the WikiProject Philippines page on
>>> the OSM wiki, created by Mike Collinson
>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=WikiProject_Philippines&oldid=9442
>>>
>>> December 2006 - Yahoo! allows tracing over their aerial imagery.
>>> Imagery is available in Metro Manila and Davao City
>>>
>>> December 22, 2006 - Later version of the WikiProject Philippines
>>> declaring that there were 3 contributors: Mike, Batchoy, and maning
>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=WikiProject_Philippines&oldid=20060
>>>
>>> January 7, 2007 - Maning's first message to WaypointsDotPH asking for
>>> help for contributing to OSMPH
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/waypointsdotph/message/4261
>>>
>>> December 23, 2007 - Maning announces a test version of the
>>> (nonroutable) OSMPH Garmin map to WaypointsDotPH
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/waypointsdotph/message/5099
>>>
>>> February 3, 2008 - Maning announces the first monthly version of the
>>> (nonroutable) OSMPH Garmin map to WaypointsDotPh
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/waypointsdotph/message/5218
>>>
>>> March 2008 - Laguna roads from BSWM were imported (now known to be
>>> quite inaccurate)
>>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/ph_import/diary/1209
>>>
>>> March 31, 2008 - Naga City data and JKLinc POIs imported
>>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/ph_import/diary/1254
>>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/ph_import/diary/1255
>>>
>>> August 1, 2008 (?) - The talk-ph mailing list (this one!) was created
>>> First archived message:
>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ph/2008-August/000000.html
>>>
>>> October 5, 2008 - Mike Collinson imports all the island names from the
>>> GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ph/2008-October/000055.html
>>>
>>> October 10, 2008 - Maning attends a WaypointsDotPH EB and talked about
>>> OSM (first OSM-related meetup ever, I think)
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/waypointsdotph/message/6179
>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ph/2008-October/000060.html
>>>
>>> October 16, 2008 - OSMPH is approved as a recipient of GPS units from
>>> the OSMF's GPStogo program
>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ph/2008-October/000065.html
>>>
>>> October 18, 2008 - Meeting with Louie Galvez of RPMap
>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ph/2008-October/000067.html
>>> http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com/posts/osm_waypointsdotph_meetup
>>>
>>> October 23, 2008 - WaypointsDotPH adds OSM maps to its website
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/waypointsdotph/message/6247
>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ph/2008-October/000069.html
>>>
>>> November 19, 2008 - Maning gives a presentation about OSM at College
>>> of St. Benilde
>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ph/2008-November/000124.html
>>>
>>> December 9, 2008 - Website for OSMPH was put up by Enthropia Philippines
>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ph/2008-December/000188.html
>>>
>>> December 14, 2008 - The WikiProject Philippines page on the OSM wiki
>>> gets a new look
>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=WikiProject_Philippines&oldid=192796
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> cheers,
>> maning
>



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