A Presentation to encourage School Mapping through Crowdsourcing

1. DepED
School Mapping Project
Mapping Public Schools
Through the Crowdsourcing

2. Goal
 Have a comprehensive database of
school geographic locations.

3. Benefits
 Enable stakeholders locate their schools
of interest.
 Parents
 Students
 Administrators
 Local governments
 Development partners
 Gives DepED a new perspective of
available resources to aid in planning
and mobilization

4. Strategy
 Use crowdsourcing using a phased
approach:
 Phase 1: DepED employees
 Phase 2: Public call
 What is crowdsourcing?
 A means of obtaining data, services,
ideas by soliciting contributions from a
large group of people and especially
from the online community rather than
from traditional employees or suppliers

5. Approach
 Upload photos taken from GPS-capable
mobile phones.
 Photos will be collected through a
website and processed for verification
 URL is
http://mapcentral.ph/CI/deped_geotag/
 Once verified (2-3 days max), the
school’s location will appear online

6. Status and Timelines
 Now: beta testing
 Starting next week: officially announce
to ICT coordinators
Join the
Beta Testing.
This week only…

7. http://mapcentral.ph/CI/deped_geotag/

8. Login Required to Access

9. Uploaded photo
reads the geo-
tagging data

10. Use Guidelines
 Register your DepED email address
 Email verification
 Upload photos that are no more than 1-
MB in size
 Photos of school façade
 Inappropriate photos will NOT be
allowed.
 Allow 2-3 days before location and
photo is published

11. Bonus
 After uploading photo, participant may
upload other landmarks of interest:
 Health Centers/Hospitals
 Barangay Halls
 Police Stations/Precincts
 City/Municipal Halls

12. Thank You!
Please try out the site:
Your
mapcentral.ph/CI/deped_geotag/
feedback
and email your comments to: is
important
rogelio.morales@deped.gov.ph !