State of the Map Asia (SotM-Asia) is the annual regional conference of OpenStreetMap (OSM) organized by OSM communities in Asia. First SotM-Asia was organized in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2015, and the second was organized in Manila, Philippines in 2016. This year’s conference, third in the series, was organized in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 23 – 24, 2017 at Park Village Resort, Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu, Nepal. We brought nearly 200 Open Mapping enthusiasts from Asia and beyond to this year’s SotM-Asia. The event provided an opportunity to share knowledge and experience among mappers; expand their network; and generate ideas to expand map coverage and effective use of OSM data in Asian continent. We chose ‘from creation to use of OSM data’ as the theme of this year’s conference, emphasizing on the effective use of OSM data. We also brought together a government panel from four different countries in this year’s SotM-Asia. We believe this event will deepen the bond and enhance collaboration among OSM communities across Asia. More information about the conference can be found on: http://stateofthemap.asia.

1. OSM and Government
Experience from Sri Lanka
SRIMAL SAMANSIRI
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR R&D
MITIGATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION

2. Organized Mapping
2012 / 13
30,000 buildings with
attributes
2015/16
200,000 buildings
(100,000 buildings with attributes)
Tsunam
i
Floods

3. Field Data Collection – Puliyanthivu Central GN Discussion with Grama Niladari Palameenmadu
OSM Field Camp OSM ToT – Sarvodaya, Sathurukondan, Batticaloa

4. Building Survey
Questionnaire filled
in Digital Form

5. Buildings might affected by Tsunami
Tsunami Level # Buildings
High 7854
Moderate 4280
Low 3052
Total buildings – 32,000
Total tsunami affected buildings – 15,000

6. RISK PROFILE
Buildings – Manmunai North
Risk Level Number of Buildings
High Risk 4569
Moderate Risk 5563
Low Risk 5054

7. Affected Buildings by Floods
11647 Buildings

8. Power of Volunteerism
Mapping with OSM – Flood May 2016
114,421 buildings – Today (Aug. 2016)

9. RISKINFO is the strategy to
share all the Risk related data

10. Conclusion
1. OSM and government mapping mechanisms
should be complement each other
2. Government supported organized mapping is
needed for mass scale mapping than %
volunteerism
3. Let OSM be independent of the governments, but
government can support to improve standards
4. Mechanism to develop exchange data sets
between OSM - Government

11. Questions …