SoTM Asia 2017 - Myanmar Presentation

State of the Map of Myanmar presentation @ SoTM Asia 2017 in Kathmandu, Nepal

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1. State of OpenStreetMap In Myanmar Li Jia Li Phandeeyar : Myanmar Innovation Lab
2. Number of daily active contributors
3. Number of monthly active contributors
4. Number of yearly active contributors
5. YANGON, YANGON DIVISION 2007 now 2012
6. HAKHA, CHIN STATE now 2012
7. PATHEIN, AYEYARWADDY DIVISION now 2012
8. Main Players FOSS Myanmar/ Ubuntu Myanmar Loco team Yangon City Development Committee
9. Government participation - Urban Planning Department, Yangon City Development Committee - putting Public Transport lines (Bus, Train, Boat) on OSM - Awareness on OSM (open data) - still low - Concern - what data to share/not to share
11. Adoption of OSM by private sector Yangon Offline Map https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.comquas.yangonmap
13. Major use cases - In 2014 , Major landslide was occurred in Chin State. Most of Geographer , Geologists and Geospatial from Geoinformatics Society in Myanmar were strongly involved in HOT’s remote mapping of Chin state. - Urban Planning Department, Yangon City Development Committee - putting Public Transport lines (Bus, Train, Boat) on OSM
14. Challenges - Font Issue/challenge - Different names for the same site/object Myanmar : English : Pyi Htaung Su Street / PyiHtaungSu Street / Pyi Taung Su Street / Union Street
15. Myanmar OpenStreetMap https://www.facebook.com/groups/osmmm
16. Events organized by Myanmar OpenStreetMap Initiative - 4 Mapping Meetups - 2 Mapping Parties - 1 OpenStreetMap Fundamental Training
17. Organizations taking part in the previous events
18. Upcoming Plans & Goals 1. Thriving OpenStreetMap community 2. Improved quality of data in OSM that complies to OSM tagging standards and best practices. 3. Detailed map of Yangon and Mandalay key townships 4. Improved geographical coverage of Tanintharyi 5. Create improved/localized training and guiding materials 6. Seek collaboration with other organizations active in OSM to produce better coverage/data in OSM 7. Support the production of products/maps/apps based on OSM data
19. Thank you !