Projects
State of the Map Asia 2023
State of the Map Asia (SotM-Asia) is a regional SotM conference for the continent of Asia. We hope to serve and gather 300-500 participants from Asia and beyond to connect and discuss not only OpenStreetMap and open data tools, projects and challenges, but also showcase diverse Asian cultures.
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Pista ng Mapa 2023
Pista ng Mapa (Festival of Maps) is the pioneer and premier free (as to cost and as in freedom) and open conference in the Philippines made for and by people who have a passion for open mapping, open data, and open source. Pista ng Mapa 2023 is happening in Tacloban City, Leyte, and is hosted by UP Visayas Tacloban YouthMappers.
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YouthMappers Asia UpSkilling Series
Over the years, our mission has been bringing universities/student organizations into the YouthMappers network, igniting their passion for open mapping, and supercharging their community impact. But this year, we're cranking it up a notch! We are now focusing our efforts in elevating their technical skills, especially in the field of open mapping.
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Pista ng Mapa x State of the Map Asia 2022
Pista ng Mapa (Festival of Maps) is the pioneer and premier free (as to cost and as in freedom) and open conference in the Philippines made for and by people who have a passion for open mapping, open data, and open source. Meanwhile, State of the Map Asia is the regional OpenStreetMap conference for the continent of Asia, that brings together participants from around the world to discuss challenges, learn, and celebrate many years of mapping together.
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OSM-Philippines' Booster Grant Program
OSM Philippines Community was one of the recipients of the Booster Grants by the Open Mapping Hub - Asia Pacific last October 2021. This project is partnered with Smart CT and aims to boost the activities of the local OSM community in the Philippines. The total amount of the Booster Grant is $25,000.00 which will be divided into four (4) tranches.
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The Revamped NOAH Website
The revamped NOAH website is a project of UP Resilience Institute - NOAH Center in partnership with Mapbox. It builds upon and improves NOAH's exsiting features using Mapbox technologies! It is geared to allow users to be more informed and better prepared to deal with hazards that may affect the areas they live and work in.
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HOT Philippines - PhilAWARE
HOT-Philippines, together with the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), Office of Civil Defense, PetaBencana.id, and USAID started the PhilAWARE Project last July 2019. The project aims to collect the local critical lifeline infrastructures based on the PhilAWARE Data Model and complete the building footprints and road network of Pampanga, Quezon City, and Marikina City.
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Development of a Web-based Awareness & Decision Support System (endcov.ph) on COVID-19
The web portal endcov.ph was released late of March 2020 to provide the UP community and the general public with vital information for fighting COVID-19 in the country.
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Building Resilient Communities in Bohol
The UP Resilience Institute Youth Mappers (UPRIYM) was awarded a grant by the TELUS Community Board to implement this project. Building footprints and road network were mapped and municipal-level risk maps were produced for the province of Bohol using open-source tools such as OpenStreetMap (OSM), QGIS, and WebSAFE that can be used for disaster risk planning and mitigation of the province.
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Project NOAH - ISAIAH
Project NOAH finished mapping the building footprints of ISAIAH’s 15 target provinces through OpenStreetMap. The translated building footprints data mapped by NOAH through OSM is integrated into the WebSAFE application of Project NOAH.
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Community Mapping for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management: Harnessing Local Knowledge to Build Resilience
In 2013, the World Bank, the Department of Interior and Local Government, and the Institute of Environmental Science for Social Change launched a project on Community Mapping and LGU Decision Support Tools for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management.
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