[talk-ph] Missing Maps Project

Robert Banick rbanick at gmail.com
Wed Oct 22 06:41:05 UTC 2014


Hi Leonard,

Sounds like a good idea. I'm taking this a little slowly because we're also
still socializing with our ARC program team here. I'm in Manila right now
but down to Tacloban on Friday. Perhaps I could be in Manila in early
November and meet folks then? Stay tuned.


Cheers,
Robert



On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 12:03 PM, Leonard Soriano <banito_pinoy at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Dear Robert,
>
> I am also interested in this project. Perhaps if you are here in Manila
> next month it would be good to organize a meet up where you could share and
> explain possible collaboration work with OSM-PH.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --bunny
>
>
>   On Saturday, 18 October 2014, 3:27, Eugene Alvin Villar <
> seav80 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Robert,
>
> There is a planned project to complete the basic map of the province of
> Bohol. Unlike Cebu, Iloilo, Leyte, and Negros Occidental, more than half of
> Bohol still doesn't have readily available satellite imagery which can help
> with completing the map so either we try to procure imagery for the
> province or use the old-fashioned method of collecting GPS tracks. There
> was a huge earthquake almost exactly a year ago in Bohol and a fairly
> complete map would have been very useful back then.
>
> ~Eugene
>
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Robert Banick <rbanick at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Eugene*,*
>
> Fantastic! We think that all three phases of Missing Maps would work in
> the Philippines, though the exact arrangement would depend on the site(s).
> There are a lot of people here in America who would like to contribute via
> digitization and we want to be open to that. But the real impressive work
> will always happen in the field and in the classroom afterwards when we
> digitize. To the extent possible we want to do as much of our work out of
> the Philippines as we can.
>
> I'll be back in the Philippines later this month and would be delighted to
> speak more with you all about potential opportunities. We're still lining
> up funding and hence can't make any promises yet, but we're very hopeful.
>
> Best,
> Robert
>
> On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Robert,
> I'm interested in bringing Missing Maps here in the Philippines. What
> phase of the project do you think would be best done here? If I understand
> correctly, the Missing Maps project can have 3 phases: an initial
> digitization of satellite imagery, then on-the-field data collection
> (names, etc.), then finally inputting the collected data.
> ~Eugene
>  Hi Jim *et al*,
>
> I work in GIS for the American Red Cross. We're one of the founding
> agencies behind Missing Maps and are working with the Philippines Red Cross
> on recovery programs for Typhoon Yolanda. We'd be interested in working
> with OSM-PH on Missing Maps collaboations here if there's any interest on
> your side. We really like the idea of partnering with local OSM communities
> and y'all have really built a good one here.
>
> Any takers?
>
> Best,
> Robert Banick
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Jim Morgan <jim at datalude.com> wrote:
>
> Saw this in the Guardian and thought I'd share it
>
> http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/oct/06/missing-
> maps-human-genome-project-unmapped-cities
>
> Jim
>
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