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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
Latest update of 
contributors over the last 
6 months based in the 
Philippines. 
http://resultmaps.neis-one. 
org/oooc?zoom=6&lat=12.17 
029&lon=123.04829&layers=00BF 
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Concentration of Philippine 
Mapping Data on OpenStreetMap 
As of January 2013
Mountaineer
Openstreetmap and its value during emergencies
Openstreetmap and its value during emergencies
Openstreetmap and its value during emergencies
Openstreetmap and its value during emergencies
Openstreetmap and its value during emergencies
Openstreetmap and its value during emergencies
Openstreetmap and its value during emergencies
Travel Blogger
Heritage Mappers
Mambajao, Camiguin 
http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc
Rosario, Batangas 
http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc
Itbayat, Batanes 
http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc
Apo-Talomo Range, Kidapawan 
http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc
Apo Reef, Occidental Mindoro 
http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc
Tacloban, Leyte 
http://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
Openstreetmap and its value during emergencies
How does OpenstreetmapWork?
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 Interface 
http://www.s1expeditions.com/2013/11/110-yolanda-mapping-advocacy.html
Philippine Mapping Convention 
• http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Philippines/Mappin 
g_conventions
Raw Data
Standard Mapnik Cyclemap
Transport Humanitarian
OSM Extracts and Conversions 
Unlimited possibilities with free open sourced and crowd sourced data.
GPS-Assisted Navigation Applications and Devices 
OSMAnd Maps.Me 
OSM-PH Garmin GPS 
Compiled via Schadow1 Expeditions
+ 
NASA (2000) Japan (2009)
Sibuyan Island
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
Android 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Android 
iOS 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Apple_iOS 
Windows Mobile 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Windows_Mobile 
Garmin GPS 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Download 
Philippines 
http://www.s1expeditions.com/p/openstreetmaps.html
How Openstreetmap can be used 
effectively in Emergencies 
Use 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 
missions 
http://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 Development 
Disaster Map 
http://disaster.dswd.gov.ph/m 
aps.php
InaSAFE 
WebSAFE 
DOST-Project NOAH 
http://beta.noah.dost.gov.ph
OpenStreetMap Philippines 
http://www.openstreetmap.org.ph 
https://www.facebook.com/OSMPH 
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph 
OpenStreetMap 
http://www.openstreetmap.org 
LearnOSM 
http://www.learnosm.org
Ervin Malicdem 
Philippine Travel and Mapping Advocate, 
Schadow1 Expeditions 
OSM-PH Volunteer 
ervinmalicdem@s1expeditions.com 
A Filipino must not be a stranger to his own motherland.

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