OpenStreetMap and its Value During Emergencies
Forum on Improved Analytics of Social Media during Emergencies
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
December 10, 2014
Relevance of a map in emergencies
• Assessment
• Planning
• Directions
• Logistics
• Response
What is OpenStreetMap
• Crowd sourced
• Open source
• Forever Free
• Realtime updates
Openstreetmap in the Philippines
• Over 1000 contributors nationwide
• About 30 regular contributors nationwide
• Contributors came from various professions with a goal of helping his countrymen through mapping data.
• With these contributors, Philippine data has tremendously increased over a span of a few years.
Openstreetmap Philippines Contributors
http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/oooc?zoom=6&lat=12.17029&lon=123.04829&layers=00BFFFFFTT
Latest update of contributors over the last 6 months based in the Philippines.
Concentration of Philippine Mapping Data on OpenStreetMapAs of January 2013
Mountaineer
Travel Blogger
Heritage Mappers
Mambajao, Camiguinhttp://tools.geofabrik.de/mc
Rosario, Batangashttp://tools.geofabrik.de/mc
Itbayat, Bataneshttp://tools.geofabrik.de/mc
Apo-Talomo Range, Kidapawanhttp://tools.geofabrik.de/mc
Apo Reef, Occidental Mindorohttp://tools.geofabrik.de/mc
Tacloban, Leytehttp://tools.geofabrik.de/mc
How do you map in OSM?• Arm-chair mapping using satellite/UAV imagery trace
• Field-mapping using GPS tracks
http://www.s1expeditions.com/2014/11/166-secondyear.html
How does Openstreetmap Work?
Harry Wood, http://www.slideshare.net/harrywood/openstreetmap-opentech-2011
Editors
• iD• Beginner, built-in OSM online editor
• Potlatch• Intermediate, online editor. Previously the default editor
• Merkaator• Advanced offline editor
• JOSM• Advanced offline editor. Commonly used by senior mappers.
JOSM Interfacehttp://www.s1expeditions.com/2013/11/110-yolanda-mapping-advocacy.html
Philippine Mapping Convention
• http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Philippines/Mapping_conventions
Raw Data
Standard Mapnik Cyclemap
Transport Humanitarian
OSM Extracts and ConversionsUnlimited possibilities with free open sourced and crowd sourced data.
OSMAnd Maps.MeOSM-PH Garmin GPS
Compiled via Schadow1 Expeditions
GPS-Assisted Navigation Applications and Devices
Japan (2009)NASA (2000)
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Sibuyan Island
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SRTM+ASTER GDEM Contour OSM-PH Data GPS Map Export GPS-Assisted Navigation Map
http://www.s1expeditions.com/2014/03/143-new-elevation-contour-map-of-the-philippines.html
https://github.com/schadow1/osmphgps
Androidhttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Android
iOShttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Apple_iOS
Windows Mobilehttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Windows_Mobile
Garmin GPShttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Download
Philippineshttp://www.s1expeditions.com/p/openstreetmaps.html
How Openstreetmap can be used effectively in EmergenciesUse it as a basemap or exploit its data through data exports.
#mapPHL
From a single call a day before Haiyan’s landfall in Guiuian, Samar
http://tasks.hotosm.org/job/338
Satellite Imagery
http://www.s1expeditions.com/2013/11/111-mapsatwork-haiyan.html
Over 4.7 Million Map changes by 1679 volunteers in just 2 months after Typhoon Haiyan Landfall
The amount of mapping data along the path of Typhoon Haiyan has tremendously improved in a span of a week giving humanitarian organizations a recently updated and street-level accurate map to guide them on their humanitarian work.
• Building Damage• Road Blockage• Road Damage
Using OSM Data for navigation guidance during humanitarian missionshttp://www.s1expeditions.com/2013/11/113-osmforhumanitarianmissions.html
http://americanredcross.github.io/presentations/SOTMUS_2014/
How Openstreetmap is currently used in the Philippines for Disaster Resiliency
Department of Social Welfare and DevelopmentDisaster Maphttp://disaster.dswd.gov.ph/maps.php
OpenStreetMap Philippineshttp://www.openstreetmap.org.phhttps://www.facebook.com/OSMPHhttps://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
OpenStreetMaphttp://www.openstreetmap.org
LearnOSMhttp://www.learnosm.org
Ervin MalicdemPhilippine Travel and Mapping Advocate,
Schadow1 ExpeditionsOSM-PH Volunteer
A Filipino must not be a stranger to his own motherland.
