Philippines/Data sources
TODO: Contact respective data owners to inform the pending license change
Guidelines for OSM-PH bulk data import
- All planned imports should be announced to the talk-ph list.
- Imports should NEVER delete or get in the way with local mapper's contributions, unless there is mutual agreement.
- Data that will be imported will be provided to anyone willing to evaluate the quality of the data via a public download link. However, if the data holder have expressed that the "raw" shouldn't be distributed (due to some unfounded paranoia which I don't quite understand since it will be added to OSM anyway) another means to distribute data for evaluation will be made.
- Community-consensus should be made before imports.
- Another announcement will be made when consensus was achieved.
- Another announcement after data import.
- Update this page or provide a link to a documentation of the finished import.
Data from the Government
The "public domain" data definition in the Philippines used for many government datasets explicitly disallows commercial use. Hence, explicit permission is required for any dataset before being used in OpenStreetMap. For more information, see the community-maintained FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about data sources for OpenStreetMap contributors in the Philippines.
The government agencies below has given their explicit permission to use specific datasets:
| Agency | Dataset | Period | Consent Given | Project Status | Project Hashtag/Repo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | Public Schools | 2012 | 2016 | On-going. Final phase. 2022-01 | OSMaPaaralan |
| Department of Public Works and Highways | Road and Bridges Inventory | CY 2021 | 2022-01 | Community discussion. |
https://github.com/OSMPH/dpwh_bridges |
Schadow1 Expeditions
Background: Schadow1 Expeditions is a mapping and travel resource site for the Philippines documenting its Philippine expeditions, travel guides and mapping advocacy through GPS-based mapping funded through donations. GPS traces, POIs are contributed through various mapping consortium in the Philippines including OpenStreetMap.
Source Tag: Schadow1 Expeditions
Current status
Ervin Malicdem, maintainer of Schadow1 Expeditions, continuously provides data such as roads, establishments and resorts, transport stations and routes, hiking trails, and boat routes.
Bohol Tourism POIs by DTI GIZ Private Sector Promotion Program (SMEDSEP)
July 25, 2012
Background: POIs of Bohol tourist sites (churches, beaches, caves, etc) and Bohol tourism operators (accomodation, restaurants, shops, etc) compiled by the DTI GIZ Private Sector Promotion Program. Also contains tourism related infrastructure. Accurate GPS coordinates provided.
Import approved by Ben Alvin dela Cruz - Adviser, Private Sector Promotion (SMEDSEP) Program of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Source tag: DTI GIZ Private Sector Promotion Program (SMEDSEP)
WaypointsDotPH and RPMap
Background: WaypointsDotPH and RPMap are two of the earliest volunteer mapping projects in the Philippines using GPS-based mapping. Interestingly, both have similarities with OpenStreetMap; they basically use GPS traces to create Garmin maps. However, the approach is somewhat centralized. Contributors would send the traces to the mapmakers and the mapmakers prepare and distribute the output maps.
Initial discussion with the group is very encouraging they would like to share their years of accumulated data to OSM and at the same time create various applications using OSM data.
What they have:
- Road network for the whole country
- Lots and lots of POIs
- GPS traces
Proposal for import:
- Respective project maintainers will ask consent of all their contributors on the import process to OSM database. Only data from contributors who gave explicit consent will be imported.
- Data review and assessment. Check for data integrity (copyright issues, etc.). Roads which are already in the OSM database will not be imported.
- Subset data into manageable sizes.
- Import data
Current status
Ed Garcia, maintainer of WaypointsDotPH, is adding roads, mostly provincial, using personal GPX traces and those contributed by WaypointsDotPH members.
Geonet Name Server
- Main article: GNS
- Imported all towns and cities for the country using MikeCollinson's GNS 2 OSM Conversion Script
- Imported all islands and islet using Mike's script (20081010)
- Imported all names for mountains, ridges and hills (20090115)
- License - US Public Domain, no problem with license change
AMS Topo Maps
Public domain topographic maps (scale is 1:250,000) from the University of Texas' Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/philippines/)
Process
- Rectify the maps in GRASS or QGIS
- Set-up a local webmapserver with mapserver (anyone willing to host this?)
- Add the WMS url in JOSM
- Use WMS in JOSM
Status
- maning started digitizing roads in Mindanao
- digitized Guimaras, some of Aklan, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor, Ylin, Masbate
- discontinued 1:250K is too coarse
- License - US Public Domain, no problem with license change
POI import from jklinc
Process
- The files are in mapinfo format, so convert to GML using ogr2ogr.
- Create a lookup table for the POI type code to OSM Map Features
- Process with the gml2osm script by Ivansanchez
- Edit with JOSM
Status
- maning started the initial upload, the data was added the username:maning
- License - requested data donors for ODBL change
Taytay, Rizal roads from Rally de Leon
added tag: source=import from rallydeleon's gtm
- License - Rally already agreed on the ODBL. No problem with the license
Laguna Roads
Started uploading Laguna roads from BSWM. I have converted the roads to the following:
- National = primary
- Provincial = secondary
- Municipal = residential
In many cases this is wrong, hopefully other editors would correct them.
- License - Public Domain, no problem with license change
Naga
NEEDS CLEAN-UP
The Naga City Government maintains a public domain WMS of the city including roads, landuse (2000), admin boundaries, building footprints. I'm still coordinating to request the orginal data. In the meantime, use the WMS plugin in JOSM. Link: http://gis.naga.gov.ph/nagacity_data.map
- I downloaded the data from their WFS server into a GML file, applied gml2osm, fixed some small things on JOSM, and uploaded it all.
- I would like some locals to re-check the road data, as it may have inaccuracies.
- The layers imported were: roads, rivers, railroads, schools, hospitals. Layers pending are political boundaries (barangay?) and land use data, because of the complexity of working with relations for lots of adjacent areas.
- Ivansanchez 14:42, 30 March 2008 (BST)
- License - Public Domain, no problem with license change
Coastline Corrections
- Main article: WikiProject_Philippines/Coastline_Corrections
Biak na Bato National Park Community Based Mapping Project Data
BUNDUK a federation of community organizations surrounding Biak na Bato National Park gave permission to add Biak na Bato data to OSM. Data imported - Park Boundaries, roads and trails, rivers, caves, springs
- License - agreed on the license change
email request:
> From: Maning Sambale <XXXXXXXXXXXX> > Subject: Request to add BNBNPCP GIS data to Openstreetmap > To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 2:38 PM > BUNDOK, > > Kumusta na kayo? > > Hingi sana ako ng permisong ilagay sa internet yung datos > ng mapa na galing sa ginawa nating 3d map ng Biak na Bato > National Park. > > Nasa akin na yung datos gusto ko sana ilagay sa database ng > Openstreetmap.org (www.openstreetmap.org). > > Sana mabigyan nyo ako ng pahintulot. > > Gumagalang, > Maning Sambale
email response:
Re: Fw: Request to add BNBNPCP GIS data to Openstreetmap Monday, March 16, 2009 2:27 PM From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX To: Maning Sambale <XXXXXXXXXXXX> ok po, your request is granted....pag ok na paki email ako para makita namin mga pinaghirapan mo.Maraming salamat sa mga abala na ginagawa mo para sa ikauunlad ng samahan sa Biak na Bato.
San Carlos City, Negros
Planned data import from San Carlos City LGU
email request
from maning sambale <xxxxxxxxx>
to noel mondragon <xxxxxxxxx>
date Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:33 PM
subject Request to use San Carlos GIS data for Openstreetmap
HON. EUGENIO JOSE V. LACSON
City Mayor
San Carlos City Local Government Unit
FC Ledesma Avenue
San Carlos City, Negros Occidental
Thru: ENGR. JOHN MARLON M. TRASPADILLO
City Engineer
City Engineering Department
This City
Hon. Mayor Eugenio Jose V. Lacson,
Greetings Of PEACE!
My name is Emmanuel "Maning" Sambale and I am writing your good office
in behalf of Openstreetmap Philippines. Openstreetmap is an
international project whose aim is to create and provide free
geographic data for the whole planet. This is a volunteer project
currently with more than 90,000 users worldwide. The Philippines is
one of the active countries in South East Asia. We have a website and
a wikipage for your reference:
https://www.openstreetmap.org.ph/
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/WikiProject_Philippines
The current focus of mapping is Metro Manila. An example of our
current coverage is here:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?lat=14.594&lon=121.032&zoom=11
We are also expanding our coverage to other provinces in the country.
We believe San Carlos City as one of the progressive agro-industrial
center of Negros Occidental, should be extensively mapped as well.
The link below is the current map data for San Carlos City:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=10.4823&lon=123.4095&zoom=14&layers=B000FTF
As an initial step, we would like to gather secondary
information about San Carlos. May we request your office to provide us
with digital map data from the City's GIS department? We will take
care in converting the data to Openstreetmap and our local volunteers will regularly
update the information. We assure you that all updates and revisions will
be given back to the City Government.
Our group is also willing to provide technical assistance in preparing
webmap for your city's website just like Google Map but with better street data.
Thank you very much and we hope you can grant our request. Should there be any
clarifications, please send me message at emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com
Respectfully yours,
Emmanuel "Maning" Sambale
For Openstreetmap Philippines
Status: Imported administrative boundaries and POIs Note: The imported that has an offset approximately to the west. Some links:
- Doesn't match the national park boundary: http://osm.org/go/4n7X68z4-
- Doesn't match the Negros coastline: http://osm.org/go/4n7erTGB-
- Doesn't match San Carlos' island's coastline: http://osm.org/go/4n7xfZQN-
Requires additional GPS trace to correct the boundaries.
- License - agreed on the license change
National parks and protected Areas
Several shapefile were available as an output of the Philippine Biodiversity Conservation Priority-Setting Workshop, December 4 - 8, 2000. Related to national parks and protected areas includes:
- 123pas_ini_unproc.shp Unproclaimed protected areas as initial components vis-a-vis integrated terrestrial and inland water priority areas.
- 2pas_unproc_addl.shp Unproclaimed Protected areas as additional components vis-a-vis integrated terrestrial and inland water priority areas.
- 36pa_iniunproc_ver.shp Unproclaimed protected areas with boundaries for verification as initial components vis-a-vis integrated terrestrial and inland water priority areas.
- 83pas_proc.shp Proclaimed protected areas vis-a-vis integrated terrestrial and inland water priority areas.
Metadata information
Source: PAWB-DENR, CI Philippines Restriction: No restriction of use Date: 12/08/00 Citation: Data Source: Participants of the Philippine Biodiversity Conservation Priority-Setting Workshop, December 4 - 8, 2000 Scale: 1:7,500,000
Proposed tags:
name=Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park boundary=national_park nipas_category=natural park source=PBCPP, 2002
License - no restrictions of use, no problem with license change
Status: Data imported - 83pas_proc.shp - some boundaries showing only large squares were excluded. Maning 01:38, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
Southern part of Bohol
March 30, 2010, roads and POIs donated by the Arivac consortium were imported in OSM. More details here
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