1. 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
2. Relevance of a map in emergencies
• Assessment
• Planning
• Directions
• Logistics
• Response
3. What is OpenStreetMap
• Crowd sourced
• Open source
• Forever Free
• Realtime updates
4. 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.
6. Latest update of
contributors over the last
6 months based in the
Philippines.
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org/oooc?zoom=6&lat=12.17
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45. Over 4.7 Million Map changes by 1679 volunteers in just 2 months after Typhoon Haiyan Landfall
46. 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.
54. 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.