Thank you announcing Eugene. Also for everyone, we announced this initiative to the international community [0]. We would love comments from both community to make this initiative successful.
[0] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2019-August/083104.html On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 2:26 PM Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello! > > We are pleased to announce an initiative to use AI or machine learning > (ML)-derived data to help improve the coverage of OpenStreetMap in the > Philippines and we are calling it Tabang-AI. This is word play on on Cebuano > word tábangay which means "collaboration" or "teamwork". We believe that AI > and ML, when used properly, and always with the local mappers leading the > effort, is a fruitful complement to conventional forms of mapping in OSM. > > One of the first projects under this initiative is related to the AI road > detection technology developed by Facebook under their Map With AI > (https://mapwith.ai/) service. We requested Facebook to run their machine > learning models in the Philippines and they have provided the detected road > data through their RapiD editor. > > Together with various local partners (LGUs, NGOs, etc.) that we have forged > from the recent Pista ng Mapa conference in Dumaguete, we plan to promote > baseline road mapping throughout the country to further increase data > coverage. This will be implemented in several phases to ensure that the data > added to OSM conforms to the defined quality standards outlined by the local > community. > > You can read more about this initiative on the OSM Wiki: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Philippines/Tabang-AI > > If you want to start coordinating map tasks within your community, please > feel free to reply to this email, or sent a private message to > osm.pilipinas+aimappingrequ...@gmail.com or create a GitHub ticket here: > https://github.com/OSMPH/Tabang-AI/issues/new > > Happy mapping! > Eugene > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden https://github.com/maning http://twitter.com/maningsambale ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph