[talk-ph] Welcoming new PH mappers

Robert Banick rbanick at gmail.com
Wed Oct 29 06:52:21 UTC 2014


Hi Nick,

You should check out the private data store pioneered by HOT in Indonesia.
That was used to link private household data to OSM polygons. We're looking
to do something similar with American Red Cross data -- still at the
whiteboard stage though.

Cheers,
Robert

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Nick Brown <nick at nickbrown.ca> wrote:

> Hi Arnoud et al,
> I also had some similar questions I'd been noting down. Perhaps in the Ph
> Wiki Conventions page we could add a specific section discussing mapping
> for DRR & critical infrastructure tags?
>
>
>    - How to tag evacuation centers? How to add details (i.e. capacity,
>    engineering details, roof type, etc)
>    - How best to tag Puroks/Sitio boundaries?
>    - How to tag the meeting place of a Purok/Sitio?
>    - Is it possible to tag evacuation routes?
>    - Is it possible for NGOs/LGU to link private household data to OSM
>    polygons, such as household economic indicators, or tax mapping codes, and
>    maintain this data in a private database?
>    - How to tag LGU designated command posts?
>    - How to tag relocation sites planned/in progress from NGOs and LGUs?
>    - How to handle the fact that NAMRIA Barangay boundaries differ from
>    local practices?
>    - How to tag internet cafes?
>    - How to tag cellphone and radio towers?
>    - How to tag rural health units?
>
> Those are some of the questions that have come up in the last couple weeks
> for us.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Arnoud Keizer <a.j.keizer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Maning and others,
>>
>> Thanks for the welcome remarks :) I joined the Phil. OSM mailinglist also
>> recently. The last month I conducted several OSM introduction and hands-on
>> workshops, together with staff of NOAH and VSO Bahaginan. We did 3
>> introduction workshops on OSM-critical infrastructure-impactanalysis and 5
>> hands-on trainings for OSM in Samar, Cebu and Bohol.
>>
>> A question raised during our workshops, which was also about the mapping
>> of critical infrastructure, was tagging emergency buildings that are used
>> as an evacuation center during an emergency, could be normal school
>> buildings, what kind of tags do you usually use for these objects? I could
>> not find them in the mapping conventions for the Philippines or in the Int.
>> feature list.
>>
>> Regarding the mailing list, I think both the international as the
>> Philippine based lists are really useful! I was wondering if regarding
>> Q&A's a message board could be more effective, that could prevent newbies
>> like me from asking the same questions every now or then:). I found this
>> http://forum.openstreetmap.org, maybe we can also use this one for
>> mapping in the Philippines?
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Arnoud Keizer
>> *VSO volunteer for project DREAM <http://dream.upd.edu.ph> *
>> Tel. *+63 9172405489*
>> E-mail. a.j.keizer at gmail.com
>> Blog. halo-halo.waarbenjij.nu
>>
>> Let's use *OpenStreetMap* <http://www.openstreetmap.org/>, 'cause proper
>> maps can save lives!
>>
>> 2014-10-26 22:05 GMT+08:00 maning sambale <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Once in a while, I try to send a welcome note to new mappers as I
>>> stumble into their edits.  I think this is a good strategy to inform
>>> the mappers that:
>>> 1. their contributions (however small) were appreciated;
>>> 2. they can ask questions if they want to.
>>>
>>> In some cases, recipients respond and appreciate the message.  Most of
>>> the times, I don't get a response.
>>>
>>> I don't know if there are those in the list who do this as well.
>>> Might be good to coordinate efforts in order not overwhelm new users
>>> with unsolicited messages.
>>>
>>> Swiss OSM do this too [0].  If you want to know the new editors in the
>>> PH you can check this page [1].  I think some of last week's new
>>> contributors were from Project NOAH's workshop in Iloilo.
>>>
>>> [0]  http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/SimonPoole/diary/24124
>>> [1] http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/newestosmcountry.php?c=Philippines
>>> --
>>> cheers,
>>> maning
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