[talk-ph] Mapping Party in Sariaya?

[Eugene Alvin Villar]

Hi everyone,

After the WikiExpedition Santa Ana event which was held last September
together with the Santa Ana Mapping Party, the next WikiExpedition will be
in Sariaya, Quezon[1] in late November.

Together with a few other people from Wikimedia Philippines, I went to
Sariaya last Saturday, October 11, to meet the Sariaya Heritage Council to
plan the upcoming WikiExpedition.

I also met Nick, a Wikipedian and OSM mapper[2] based in Lucena City, just
to the east of Sariaya.

I think having a Mapping Party in Sariaya would be good. The town center is
quite compact and has a nice grid layout that makes assigning areas easy.
Sariaya is around 3-4 hours away from Manila so it's quite accessible. Nick
is also supportive of the idea. I think Ian Lopez can also come as well.

Alternatively, we can also have a Mapping Party in Tayabas City[3] to the
northeast. The city center is just outside of the Bing satellite imagery
coverage and it could benefit with old-style mapping (with GPS).

What do you guys think?

The last time we had a Mapping Party outside and near Manila was in 2010 in
Cavite.[4]

[1] http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/198524516
[2] https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Nickrds09
[3] https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/198498395
[4] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Cavite_Road_Network_Mapping_Party

~Eugene
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