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==Gensan hosts Google Map Maker Summit Mindanao== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R12&article=1681335168407 | |||
*Monday 23rd of April 2012 | |||
:By. (PGFruylan/PIA-Gensan) | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, April 23 (PIA) --The Tuna Capital hosted Saturday another significant gathering of internet enthusiasts, the first ever Google Map Maker Summit Mindanao designed to “improve tourism and disaster preparedness in the country.” | |||
City Media Affairs Officer, Avelmar Manansala disclosed that more or less 150 “mappers” composed of students, policemen, bloggers, representatives of the religious sector and the academe, local government unit’s (LGU) tourism and planning officers, and other stakeholders actively participated in the one day event. | |||
“Google Map Maker is a product that enables people to add to and update the map for locations around the world,” said Aileen Apollo-de Jesus, Google Southeast Asia’s head of outreach. | |||
Apollo-de Jesus explained that the summit is a joint project of Google and Department of Tourism (DOT) to “improve the accuracy of Google Maps in 80 provinces around the Philippines.” | |||
Manansala said mapping Mindanao is very important since it will not only help in locating disaster-prone areas in the island to prepare for calamities, but will also “increase awareness in tourism-related spots.” | |||
He said this will help tourists and even local residents to locate all the establishments in a certain area at any point in time that they search for its location using their mobile phones and other search gadgets. | |||
“The more information you have about a certain place, the more it is enticing to visit that place,” he pointed out. | |||
In General Santos City, Manansala revealed that there are over a hundred “active mappers” who are currently updating the latest Google Earth Map of the city by adding names of streets and photos of establishments to it. | |||
He said Google chose Gensan to be the venue of the Mindanao Summit because it has “the most active community of mappers” in the area. | |||
Manansala disclosed that the city government through Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio has recently intensified her administration’s computer literacy program through the conduct of trainings and seminars like Google Sketch-Up to aid in the said effort to map up the city and other areas in the region. | |||
“We want to help map up the entire country so that nobody will be lost in the Philippines. This is also in support of the DOT’s campaign: It’s more fun in the Philippines,” he explained. | |||
Meanwhile, Manansala said that Google is also encouraging interested LGUs and other local organizations to conduct their own local map ups or “mapping party.” | |||
He said Google Map Maker Team Asia pledged to provide interested local communities with technical support and other help necessary for a successful conduct of similar event. | |||
The Google Map Maker Summit Mindanao is in partnership with Soccsksargen bloggers or “sox bloggers” with brothers, Avel and Orman Manansala as the lead conveners. | |||
==Mindanao leaders to formulate policy agenda== | ==Mindanao leaders to formulate policy agenda== | ||
*Source: http://positivenewsmedia.com/blog/2012/04/mindanao-leaders-to-formulate-policy-agenda/ | *Source: http://positivenewsmedia.com/blog/2012/04/mindanao-leaders-to-formulate-policy-agenda/ | ||
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“We are working closely with PCCI in pushing for Mindanao-specific policies to create an environment conducive to business growth,” said Antonino. | “We are working closely with PCCI in pushing for Mindanao-specific policies to create an environment conducive to business growth,” said Antonino. | ||
“We recognize the critical role played by the private sector in addressing our peace and development imperatives in the region,” he added. | “We recognize the critical role played by the private sector in addressing our peace and development imperatives in the region,” he added. | ||
==Militants end anti-VFA protest in plaza named after US general== | ==Militants end anti-VFA protest in plaza named after US general== | ||