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)

+

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

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

InaSAFE

WebSAFEDOST-Project NOAH

http://beta.noah.dost.gov.ph

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

ervinmalicdem@s1expeditions.com

A Filipino must not be a stranger to his own motherland.