Erwin Olario @GOwin@mstdn.io

“The meaning of life is not being dead.”
~ Tim Bale, Philosophy Now

Lately, I've been prone to giving in to siesta.. 😴

Here's an interesting post-grad thesis: Testing the Usability of #OpenStreetMap #idEditor. Some sections include itneresting insights, especially if you're involved in activities that train new contributors to OSM.

http://repositum.tuwien.ac.at/download/pdf/1633966

How did the #OpenStreetMap contributors in the #Philippines fare in the last 35 months?

Without organized mapping activities, we're only averaging about ~3,800 changes, which explains the peaks and valleys in the contribution.

The total number of contributors are not determinants of productivity, although they bestow diversity to the community.

#Grab is now a Gold Corporate Member of the #OpenStreetMap Foundation

I finally got to try the Pasig River Ferry today, and it took me 2 hours to get home from #Intramuros, which would've just taken 40 minutes if I took the conventional route. Scenic, it wasn't, but it definitely a different scenery of #Manila.

Interesting note: folding bikes are allowed in the ferry.

#OpenStreetMap now has its own #mastodon instance: https://en.osm.town

I'm not sure whether I should switch 😋

~@GOwin

Beneath the grime, and the chaos that is Manila, are beautiful edifices meant to soothe tired, guilty souls.

#manila #ispywithmyeye

How long can a city last with little water?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2018/jun/05/day-zero-how-cape-town-stopped-taps-running-dry-video

A successful reforestation story: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/gold-pakistan-plants-hundreds-millions-trees-180626095806407.html

Scholarship applications are now open for #sotmus 2018! Check them out.

https://www.openstreetmap.us/2018/04/call-for-scholarships-sotmus2018/

#vespucci is the mobile editor for #openstreetmap. Here's how I use it with #OsmAnd to edit features like polygons and lines, which aren't editable in OsmAnd

A prolific contributor to #OpenStreetMap in Russia, admits to infringing on copyright for mapping, and is asking the data working group for help in reverting the changes. That looks like a tedious roll-back.

https://t.me/OpenStreetMapOrg/8473

Bakit ang kooperatiba ng mga empleyado ng ating pambansang aklatan ang nag-i-isyu ng resibo para sa "opisyal" nilang library card? @nlp1901

Over-lapping, un-squared buildings is a common error when getting started with editing in #OpenStreetMap .

We see these in bulk from mapa-thons, where no validation is done afterwards, and they never get reviewed and corrected until the local community finds them.

This is from a mapa-thon last year, led by an international org, with a multi-national. We asked them if they're going to validate these, and we never heard back from them. There was no crisis, and no excuse not to validate.

8,000 "tambays" (loiterers) arrested in #metromanila 🙄

Are you interested in getting in touch with fellow #OpenStreetMap mappers in your neighborhood or city? Check out Meet Your Mapper: https://mym.rtijn.org/

I haven't seen contributors to #OpenStreetMap exclusively using #OsmAnd for their edits but apparently they exist. 🤪

i 💙 #OsmAnd

#ispywithmylittleeye

Come to think of it, that could actually be a meerkat!