CWTS ++ is a brand new CWTS that was implemented by our great professor Erwin Olario in Polytechnic University of Philippines, San Juan Campus. What we do in CWTS++ is different from regular CWTS. We aim to digitize map through OpensStreetMap OSM Id-editor or JOSM. We map roads, buildings, waterways, landforms etc. We prioritize areas that are in state of calamity or areas that were destroyed by the calamity to help the government execute their plan on the said areas.
Before our program started, I am expecting that I could learn a lot from this program and I could hone some skills that are required in this program. And CWTS++ did not disappoint me. I learned about Openstreetmap which unfamiliar to normal citizen, I’ve learned new skill which mapping which helps me to contribute with this program and I think my spatial-visual intelligence improved after undertaking CWTS++.
Our last project is to map our own neighbourhood. We are required to use fieldpaper to map the house number without using any gadget which makes the mapping portable. I’ve experienced walking for 30 minutes for 3 days. On the first day, it is embarrassing walking around, sight house number house to house and taking down notes house numbers because some people might think that you are planning something bad. On the second day and third day, I didn’t think of it in that way so I finish my fieldpaper without worries.  We are also required to use Mapillary which is an application used to capture street-level images that will help to support the details on your fieldpaper and will contribute more information on OSM when uploaded. Unfortunately, I didn’t fully enjoy Mapillary because the satellite can’t locate my phone properly so I just only got to upload small amount of Mapillary-captured images.  And the final step is putting the data of fieldpaper to OSM so that the data you’ve gathered would be uploaded to OSM and make it beneficial to community. I used Id-editor to edit the tags of buildings. While doing this, I feel happy because I contribute to my neighbourhood with hard work and effort. I am thankful that I have experienced mapping not only on my neighbourhood but also on other part of the country. I really enjoy every session especially every last Thursday of the month when there are guests sharing their experiences mapping. It is really a great honor and opportunity for me to participate in CWTS++ program. 

I want to share my experience in doing fieldpaper of my neighbourhood. But before that, I want to explain that what I am mapping is the other block because it is hard to map my neighbourhood. There are lots of houses, houses are too close very close to each other, there are lots of alleys and the aerial view in openstreetmap is not clear and that’s why it is hard to map it in openstreetmap. And that is also the reason why I decided to map the other block. The other block is not far away from our house so I still consider it as my neighbor. Doing fieldpaper is tiring because you need to walk until you finish mapping. But for me it was really fun. I’ve exercised my feet, I’ve honed my spatial-visual skill and I’ve contributed to my neighbourhood. Looking for house number or building’s name isn’t easy especially the area is large. But I made it because of my desire to finish the task. What I’ve discovered while doing the mapping is some buildings are not properly mapped in openstreetmap. There are also businesses that are not existing anymore but still on the openstreetmap. And I’ve also discovered new businesses that I didn’t noticed when I’m passing by the area. With the things that I’ve discovered, I can now fix some errors of our neighbourhood and add new features to the unlabeled buildings in openstreetmap. And the things that I’ve learned, I will keep it in my mind.