[talk-ph] #osmfeu2015

[Erwin Olario]

Maning, actually it wasn't just one  participant. 😀

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On Jun 22, 2015 6:38 AM, "maning sambale" <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Nice summary Erwin! From the original report in G+, one participant said:
> "less talk, more fieldwork". I agree, sometimes, we are too eager to share
> our personal mapping experience only to loose time for them to experience
> it on their own.
>
> cheers,
>
> Maning Sambale (mobile)
> On Jun 20, 2015 10:56 AM, "Erwin Olario" <govvin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Note: The original, and unabridged version of this message is a G+ post
>> [0].
>>
>>
>> Dear everyone,
>>
>> If you are monitoring #OpenStreetMap changesets from the #Philippines ,
>> you may have noticed a common changeset comment from the past few days.
>>
>> The ResultMaps from neis-one.org report the following outcomes for
>> #osmfeu2015 [1]
>> Information for #osmfeu2015
>> Number of OSM Contributors: 43
>> Number of Map Changes: 30,218
>> Total number of Changesets: 1,376
>>
>> The FEU Institute of Technology [1] and the the Map the Philippines
>> initiative of Ms. Celina Agaton [2] recently concluded a training workshop
>> for FEU Tech affiliates (I.T. and engineering students and faculty) . Also
>> with +Celina Agaton are some of AidData Summer Fellows who are in the
>> Philippines to work along with Celina's number of mapping initiatives. Amy,
>> Daniella, Emily, Lu and Prabesh [4]. Some OSM-PH mappers participated as
>> facilitators: +Feye Andal (@ feyeandal) +Julius Bañgate (@ jmbangate),
>> +Dianne Bencito (@dichapabe), +Rally de Leon (@rally) and myself, at GOwin.
>>
>> At the end of the event, we asked for voluntary participants for an
>> anonymous survey and over-all, the participants reported to have had very
>> positive learning experience from the workshop. More than half of the
>> respondents expressed their interesting in doing more field mapping
>> activities. So, if you guys are planning any mapping parties soon, you know
>> where to find them.
>>
>> And if you find new edits in your area, and they happen to be from the
>> #osmfeu2015 guys, please be gentle with them. For now. :D
>>
>> The small group discussions had been interesting for me, especially with
>> those who are now considering #OpenSource data from #OpenStreetMap for
>> their own academic or personal projects. I collected baseline contributor
>> data from this workshop and hope to evaluate the effectiveness of the
>> engagement a few months down the road. If any of you are interested in this
>> kind of thing, let me know how we can work together.
>>
>> We were told that almost a hundred people signed up for the activity.
>> Personally, I am happy to know that there are that many people who find the
>> topic interesting. However, I'm also glad that we didn't get as much
>> participants because we would have had a rough time managing the class
>> because there weren't enough experienced mappers who can help facilitate
>> and direct small group discussions.
>>
>> For the closing activities, we came up with a few interesting awards
>> based on contributor metrics: The Map-chine (for the participant who made
>> the most number of edits during the workshop), The Beast Mapper (for the
>> participant who contributed the most varied type of features, and the JOSM
>> Padawan (for the participant who made the most number of edits using JOSM).
>>
>> I took a few snaps [5] but expect the workshop organizers to release
>> their official photos soon. :)
>>
>> Many thanks to the organizers, the host, and to fellow participants who
>> made this possible.
>>
>> [0] https://plus.google.com/+WinOlario/posts/2bw56neXHC3
>> [1]
>> http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-changesets?comment=osmfeu2015#5/13.753/122.124
>> [2] http://www.feutech.edu.ph/
>> [3] http://aiddata.org/aiddata-summer-fellows
>> [4] https://goo.gl/photos/b7sGziWhrmqJdDCVA
>>
>>  Cheers,
>>
>>
>> *Erwin Olario*
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