[talk-ph] Santa Ana, Manila Mapping Party report

[Eugene Alvin Villar]

Hello everybody,

First of all, here's the before-and-after image:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Santa_Ana,_Manila_Mapping_Party_before_and_after.png

Thank you to everybody who attended our first mapping party since 2011. We
were joined by mappers Rally and Marco (who is also a board member of
WMPH). We also had a few Geodetic Engineering students from UP Diliman join
us, like Angel and Mark.

The map of Santa Ana was improved during the event by Marco editing almost
in real-time using Go Map. Rally then later added what he can at home using
JOSM. Jules, although he wasn't able to attend, also supported the event by
tracing buildings in the area before and after the event.

In the late afternoon, together with the Wikipedians, we were given a tour
at the Lichauco Heritage House (http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/303265506),
one of the only 2 heritage houses declared by the National Historical
Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in Metro Manila.

We met and talked with the owner, Ma'am Jessie Lichauco, the 102-year-old
widow of diplomat Marcial Lichauco who joined the Filipino contingent to
the U.S. that led to the Tydings-McDuffie Act (aka Philippine Independence
Act). For her age, she was quite talkative, witty and energetic!

We also saw the huge Balete Heritage Tree at the front yard (
http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3076137109) (yes, the house faced the
Pasig River, back when the river was the main avenue of transportation and
Pedro Gil did not exist yet), one of only 2 heritage trees declared by the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

Some photos during the event (on Facebook):
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152672926032908
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152671206502908
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204787553713658
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=578119035643368 (not fully public)

I hope we can have more mapping parties in the future. If nothing else,
it's an excuse to meet up and talk about maps! :-)

Regards,
Eugene
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