Philippines/Projects

Overview of mapping projects in the Philippines

Present projects

#ChasingWaterways - A two-pronged mapping effort that aims to enhance the OSM waterway dataset by improving existing data and identifying gaps in unmapped waterways, as part of the MapaTime initiative.
Philippines/Addressing - Addresses in the Philippines have some characteristics not compatible with the Karlsruhe addressing scheme
Philippines/Numbered routes - Ongoing efforts to map numbered routes introduced from 2014
Power networks/Philippines - Most features related to the national power grid has been mapped in detail.
Philippines/Public transportation – Mapping public transportation systems in the Philippines, from jeepneys to buses and trains.
TM Open Buildings - Mapping selected areas in 12 Philippine cities.
UNMAPPEDPH - Project aimed to map the most unmapped towns' and provinces' building footprints on OpenStreetMap.
Baguio City Drone Aerial Data - Project from capturing aerial images to hosting them on Geoserver to support OSM Mapping in Baguio

Participatory mapping and LGU decision support tools for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) - a disaster risk reduction pilot mapping project implemented to 3 municipalities in Pampanga for updating the LGU's basemaps using OpenStreetMap and InaSAFE. Implemented by the Environmental Science for Social Change and OSM-PH supported by WorldBank GFDRR. Implementation period: May - December 2013. See project brochure and WB-GFDRR's publication.
OSMaPaaralan - The big project from 2019-2021, with the goal of mapping public schools in most corners of the country. Also part of the MapaTime initiative.
Swiss Red Cross and PRC mapping in Busuanga
OpenRoads
Luzon road and waterway remote mapping - Implementation period: May 2014.
Crowd-sourced Mapping Worshops by The Asia Foundation - Conducted in Tagbilaran, Iloilo City, Butuan, Dumaguete.