FOSS-Geo in The Philippines

trends and cases inresearch, business, education, governments and non-profits

perspective and challenges

Maning Sambale

http://essc.org.ph

MaptivistCovert member

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Disclaimer

PH geo industry overview

Young geospatial industry.Dominated by large surveying companies and developmental consultancies providing "complete solutions".Proprietary software is popular.Strong civil society that is fulfilling public services.

Education

Universities using FOSS4G - University of the Philippines Diliman, UP Los Banos, FEATI.Largely faculty driven with minimal institutional endorsement.Proprietary vendor influence under "educational licensing scheme".Limited course material reference (reference books, industry specific exercises).Too software specific.

NGOs/non-profits

Philippine Biodiversity Priority Setting

Workshop

Collaboration of several NGOs, research and government institutions.Free dataset for biodiversity conservation.

Webmaps and crowdsourcing as an advocacy tool

Government

Naga City GIS, early open source and open data adopter

FOSS based trainings for LGU

Geoinformetrics Solutions

ESSC

RGIN - Regional SDI

Yoshida, et. al. 2006http://www.rdc2.gov.ph

Business applications

• Location based advertising• Asset management and tracking• Farm/Plantation management• Mining

Ways for OSGEO-PH to expand FOSS4G adoption

• Building resource materials and datasets (formal and non-formal GIS education).

• Creating a local pool of FOSS4G integrators.

• Closely working with open data projects and policy advocacy.