Re: [talk-ph] Fwd: Planning ahead of disasters with GIS

2009-10-12 Thread Michael Cole
On Tuesday 13 October 2009 11:00:35 am maning sambale wrote:
> :-/I hope so, but what worries me is when we start doing this, can we
> 
> sustain the effort?  In some LGUs , they have way better GIS database
> than what NAMRIA has. Moreover,  does it make much sense to do 1:10K
> mapping for rugged, uninhabited areas of the Philippines?
> 
When you are looking at water flows, then this data can be very important, as 
it may be a drainage area for a location quite a distance away.

Also when they have proper Radar installed they can then see that the rain is 
falling in these areas, and inform the concerned citizens miles away that they 
could expect a flash flood.

Flash floods caused by rain in isolated areas probably kills more people, since 
people think it is all safe then the water rises unexpectedly elsewhere.

If you are going to do a job like this it is better to do it all correctly 
than what they have done before which is piece meal which just adds to the 
frustration when disasters like this occur and you cannot even go back 20 or 
40 years to get a good topographical map of the areas concerned.

Do it right or not at all. Yes they can prioritise populated areas, but map 
the lot and then later also the other departments like land use planning, Land 
titles, can use them.


MY 2 Centavos, I do think it is a little costly, but then again looked at your 
electricity bill lately (2nd most expensive in Asia)

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Re: [talk-ph] Fwd: Planning ahead of disasters with GIS

2009-10-12 Thread maning sambale
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar  wrote:
> How big an area do the data sheets cover?
A 1:10K large scale map covers approximately 5KM by 5 KM.  At the
moment NAMRIA has very few urban areas covered (such as Metro Manila
Cebu, Iloilo).  By geodata's estimate that's around 13,000 mapsheets.
Developing this kind of data is really a huge investement (buying
aerials, less than 4 meters DEM resolution, updating vector
attributes).

> Maybe the budget also covers data maintenance over a set number of years?
> Then again, the government tends to "overbudget" on IT projects like this.
> :-/
I hope so, but what worries me is when we start doing this, can we
sustain the effort?  In some LGUs , they have way better GIS database
than what NAMRIA has. Moreover,  does it make much sense to do 1:10K
mapping for rugged, uninhabited areas of the Philippines?

> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:09 PM, maning sambale 
> wrote:
>>
>> Pucha!  I almost fell-off my chair!
>>
>> "With each map sheet costing P500,000, creating a GIS base map will
>> cost P6.5 billion."
>>
>> I know data creation is expensive, but is it really that much (500K
>> per mapsheet)?
>>
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: r...@cp-union.com 
>> Date: Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:31 PM
>> Subject: Planning ahead of disasters with GIS
>> To: maning sambale 
>>
>>
>> Sagutin natin na may available ng mga opensource tools for this and
>> what we need are more support from the government to complete base
>> maps ng phil. Much cheaper din kung open source gagamitin.
>>
>>
>> http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20091012-229676/Planning-ahead-of-disasters-with-GIS
>>
>> What you think?
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [talk-ph] Fwd: Planning ahead of disasters with GIS

2009-10-12 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
How big an area do the data sheets cover?

Maybe the budget also covers data maintenance over a set number of years?
Then again, the government tends to "overbudget" on IT projects like this.
:-/


On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:09 PM, maning sambale
wrote:

> Pucha!  I almost fell-off my chair!
>
> "With each map sheet costing P500,000, creating a GIS base map will
> cost P6.5 billion."
>
> I know data creation is expensive, but is it really that much (500K
> per mapsheet)?
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: r...@cp-union.com 
> Date: Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:31 PM
> Subject: Planning ahead of disasters with GIS
> To: maning sambale 
>
>
> Sagutin natin na may available ng mga opensource tools for this and
> what we need are more support from the government to complete base
> maps ng phil. Much cheaper din kung open source gagamitin.
>
>
> http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20091012-229676/Planning-ahead-of-disasters-with-GIS
>
> What you think?
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> --
> cheers,
> maning
> --
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Re: [talk-ph] Fwd: Planning ahead of disasters with GIS

2009-10-12 Thread maning sambale
I'm all for unifying GIS data for the whole Philippines, but before
they get on another mapping spending spree, please let us know
whatever happened to the geohazard mapping they initiated after the
leyte landslides:
http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/pe/pe003835.htm

Was it successful?
Did LGUs used the data?
Were lives saved because of these maps?

[with apologies for ranting]

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 6:18 PM, George Tujan  wrote:
> Incredible! it just might be a ploy to justify more government spendings :)
>
> I guess its up to us to really inform the government that OSM can really
> help. Bigay na lang natin sa mga biktima ang cost savings :)
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:09 PM, maning sambale 
> wrote:
>>
>> Pucha!  I almost fell-off my chair!
>>
>> "With each map sheet costing P500,000, creating a GIS base map will
>> cost P6.5 billion."
>>
>> I know data creation is expensive, but is it really that much (500K
>> per mapsheet)?
>>
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: r...@cp-union.com 
>> Date: Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:31 PM
>> Subject: Planning ahead of disasters with GIS
>> To: maning sambale 
>>
>>
>> Sagutin natin na may available ng mga opensource tools for this and
>> what we need are more support from the government to complete base
>> maps ng phil. Much cheaper din kung open source gagamitin.
>>
>>
>> http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20091012-229676/Planning-ahead-of-disasters-with-GIS
>>
>> What you think?
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> cheers,
>> maning
>> --
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Re: [talk-ph] Fwd: Planning ahead of disasters with GIS

2009-10-12 Thread George Tujan
Incredible! it just might be a ploy to justify more government spendings :)

I guess its up to us to really inform the government that OSM can really
help. Bigay na lang natin sa mga biktima ang cost savings :)

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:09 PM, maning sambale
wrote:

> Pucha!  I almost fell-off my chair!
>
> "With each map sheet costing P500,000, creating a GIS base map will
> cost P6.5 billion."
>
> I know data creation is expensive, but is it really that much (500K
> per mapsheet)?
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: r...@cp-union.com 
> Date: Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:31 PM
> Subject: Planning ahead of disasters with GIS
> To: maning sambale 
>
>
> Sagutin natin na may available ng mga opensource tools for this and
> what we need are more support from the government to complete base
> maps ng phil. Much cheaper din kung open source gagamitin.
>
>
> http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20091012-229676/Planning-ahead-of-disasters-with-GIS
>
> What you think?
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> --
> cheers,
> maning
> --
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> blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/
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[talk-ph] Fwd: Planning ahead of disasters with GIS

2009-10-12 Thread maning sambale
Pucha!  I almost fell-off my chair!

"With each map sheet costing P500,000, creating a GIS base map will
cost P6.5 billion."

I know data creation is expensive, but is it really that much (500K
per mapsheet)?

-- Forwarded message --
From: r...@cp-union.com 
Date: Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:31 PM
Subject: Planning ahead of disasters with GIS
To: maning sambale 


Sagutin natin na may available ng mga opensource tools for this and
what we need are more support from the government to complete base
maps ng phil. Much cheaper din kung open source gagamitin.

http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20091012-229676/Planning-ahead-of-disasters-with-GIS

What you think?

Rick



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