Erwin Olario @[email protected]

I'm glad to report that my de-stressing technique still works: mapping waterways on #OpenStreetMap , with headphones on, with Coldplay playing. 😅

For a country that's an archipelago , the #Philippines ' lighthouse are sparsely mappe don #OpenStreetMap

Check out the twink-ly lights of the Lights at sea map: https://geodienst.github.io/lighthousemap/

It reminds of holiday lights 🎄

Very pleased to see some of last year's #CWTS++ alumni continue as volunteers and developing as young leaders in this year's #PUPSJCWTS program. This time, as peer mentors, teaching assistants, and lecturing on sub-topics. 🎉 😤

https://en.osm.town/@MapAmore/102461824471247839

30 bucks of happiness at "Starbucks" Painitan in #Dumaguete. Rice cake (the local "puto") and two servings of rich, hot chocolate. One of the few places with a real, native coffee culture left.

I think they extended pride month here. 😅

* 0.60 USD

Earlier today, map-py volunteers spent most of their Sunday working with the Lupang Arenda community, to assist their #OpenStreeetMap editing initiatives related to land tenureship, and disaster preparedness. Soon, they'll have high resolution aerial imagery on #openaerialmap , supplemented with street-level imagery on #mapillary , and the technical support of the local map-py advocates. I'm very glad about how positive this turned out to be.

A few thousand buildings and new roads added to #OpenStreetMap in Rizal province in the #Philippines. Photos from today's #mapathon hosted by #grabPH with #OSMph

Thanks for the ☕ and 🍕 ! Great turnout!

Some photos from #openstreemap #mapathon for #Angono and #Binangonan in the #Philippines

The Kontur Map is another visualization of #OpenStreetMap objects with the #HighResolutionSettlementLayer from #Facebook . It can show areas where mapping work may be prioritized during an emergency mapping response, versus OSM objects and population data. It should be helpful for regular, non-emergency mapping initiatives, too.

http://disaster.ninja/live/#overlays=alert-shape-GDACS_TC_1000568_6,bivariate_class;id=GDACS_TC_1000568_6;layer=default-style;position=125.10459,12.36028;zoom=5

Secret meet-ups.

Look for the guy with a TIE fighter and an X-wing on the table -- and a glass of beer.

Tomorrow, BPI will start charging for EFTs made to unenrolled accounts. Tho I'm keeping my BPI accounts, I recommend ING's mobile bank app to other people, where transfer to ANY bank account is FREE, and wallet balance actually earns interest. https://ing.com.ph/

Fund transfers from ING to ING are instantaneous. Check deposits can take up to two days, but could be quick as a few hours - all transactions via the app, so no need to go to the bank. And now they're on InstaPay, too

Drivers follow Google Maps - ends up getting stuck in mud.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-48779516/denver-drivers-followed-google-s-detour-down-a-dirt-road

I believe that a contempoary synonym for a Sisyphean task is Cat-herding. I'd like to add that to my bio.

“I would like to see anyone, prophet, king or God, convince a thousand cats to do the same thing at the same time.” –Neil Gaiman

Have you ever tried to search for
Wikipedia articles in your neighborhood? Check out
https://wiki-atlas.org and see it for yourself.

"The more one gets to know of men, the more one values dogs." ~A. Toussenel

The local ride-sharing market is ripe for a decent competition. If #owto truly wants to go against #grab , they really need to level up their game. The app's user interface is not convenient nor cohesive. If you're trying to find inspiration , try #Uber's. Heck! Even India's #Ola app for tuktuks didn't suck as much as this.

I remember mom playing this with her friends, and now I have my own set of friends who play it, too. Life is a cycle.

A Literal Map of the World: http://bl.ocks.org/mapsmania/raw/55a64df0d00b49d30228609347fc8425/

This unusual bearded pixie king (?) sitting atop an elephant is an unusual roadside ornament I found in #Mandaluyong, the city next to where I live. I always enjoy finding unusual sights, or gustatory delights when I #rompWithTanuki. The first person to guess its location by 2019-06-30 gets a gift from me. I'll try to get a close-up photo next time.

Sa ating pag-gunita ng Araw ng Kalayaan, ay muli kong naalala si Nathaniel Branden: "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all."

Kung kayo'y interesado rin sa libre at malayang datos, software, at pag-mamapa nais namin kayong imbitahan sa isang komperensya nitong Agosta, Pista ng Mapa, sa Dumaguete, na binuo ng mga lokal na tagataguyod ng #OpenStreetMap at #FOSS4G

May maiki akong sanaysay dito: https://telegra.ph/Pista-ng-Mapa-06-12