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
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