Showing posts with label Philippines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philippines. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Tacloban Edifice Harm Mapped


The American Red Cross has mapped edifice impairment inward Tacloban, the working capital missive of the alphabet of the Philippine tell of Leyte. The map uses information gleaned from the outset rapid impairment assessment carried out shortly later Typhoon Haiyan past times the Copernicus Emergency Management Service.

The Copernicus European Monetary System analysis was carried out past times comparison satellite imagery from earlier as well as later the typhoon. The American Red Cross map colors the city's edifice footprints past times the estimated impairment suffered past times each building. The resulting map shows that hardly a edifice inward the urban meat has been left undamaged past times the typhoon.

You tin dismiss read to a greater extent than close the edifice impairment assessment procedure on the European Commission website as well as y'all tin dismiss donate to the American Red Cross' appeal here.

Monday, April 4, 2022

Transit Directions Inwards Manila


Commuters inwards the Philippines working capital missive of the alphabet immediately convey their ain Google Maps based transit app to assistance them expire around. Sakay.ph is a transit routing map for commuters using jeepneys, buses together with trains inwards Manila.

The map allows anyone to come inwards a starting signal together with finish together with sentiment step-by-step instructions on how to consummate the journey. For ease of purpose you lot tin post away likewise left-click on the map to ready your starting signal together with destination.

When you lot click on the 'get route' push a suggested road is displayed on the map together with you lot are presented amongst a seat out of options for completing the journey, amongst the probable journeying fourth dimension for each option. If you lot guide 1 of the suggested routes step-by-step instructions are displayed inwards the map side panel explaining how you lot should consummate your journey.

Interesting the map is built using the Leaflet map library amongst Google Maps tiles. It seems a foreign selection to purpose the Google Maps tiles inwards Leaflet when OpenStreetMap has such practiced coverage inwards Manila.