DTI maps entire Bohol Tourist Site with Galaxy Tabs

Abe Olandres July 27, 2011 · 1 min read

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DTI-GIZ, under the Private Sector Promotion Program (SMEDSEP), came up with this pretty neat Google Mapping project to map the whole island of Bohol and all of its 700+ tourist sites and tourism-related establishments.

The map was collected using Samsung Galaxy Tab running Open Data Kit (ODK) applications. The Holy Name University (HNU) research department fielded staff/personnel to do the site interviews.

The extensive collection of data included addresses, contact information, photos, facilities and rates. This is like your ultimate travel guide to Bohol. GPS accuracy
is from 5 meters up to 10 meters. You can see the complete mapping project here: bit.ly/boholtourismmap

Pretty good job, IMO. Now can we have the rest of the islands of the Philippines mapped like that too?

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Andre · 15 years ago

sayang, again it should be on OpenStreetMap. remember Google and its partners owns all the copyrights to everything put on its map….

NemOry · 15 years ago

Sosyal ng Bohol ahh…aSTIG!HEHE

Boffill · 15 years ago

I’m using Garmin Mobile XT in my Windows mobile phone. It has a detailed map of the Philippines too. ;)

nameless · 15 years ago

Mobile GARMIN also supports Symbian devices.

nameless · 15 years ago

I guess we already had a project on mapping the whole Philippine Island. But this map is exclusively for Garmin GPS devices.

D · 15 years ago

help out the Philippine Garmin GPS mapping effort at http://www.roadguide.ph

raul barrios · 15 years ago

Wish they could also map Panay Island!haha

wyldkard · 15 years ago

there’s a current project that’s going to help map iloilo province. it’s in the final stages, so drop me an email and i’ll let you know when it is.

Web Designer · 15 years ago

I see opportunity!

Jim · 15 years ago

Not a bad start … but why didn’t they update all the roads and coastlines while they were at it? That loop of road in the sea on the West coast looks a bit dumb … :-)

Kenth · 15 years ago

This is one project that should be replicated by the DOT nationwide. It can even be expanded for other uses such as for Government projects/programs.

Two thumbs up for the person/group/institution who thought of this and executed it. :)

Jonaflormicfren · 15 years ago

Nice thing that we can see and explore Bohol in miles away.

benchmark · 15 years ago

Perhaps we can do that in a small location say 5 close-by baranggays, then it will be combined in to one total database of all places here in the Philippines…to attract tourist and/or find a location easily.