The Success of Google Precinct Mapping

I thought I was late at 1:30, but I was elated to know that I was the 3rd person who arrived next to Sir Armando and Dimple. There are so many advantages if you are early bird because we had a chance to choose our Google Map Maker shirt size and got a candy from Sir Gilbert. Thank you! It was a great experienced for me when I attend the Google Precinct Mapping Party last April 25, 2010. Twenty one SOX Bloggers was able to attend during the activities. The purpose of this event is to map a precincts of SOCCSKSARGEN area for this May 10,2010 elections.

We assemble at Grab A Crab Restaurant at Robinson's Mall which was wifi ready. Each of us brought laptops as our weapon to be used to plot the said precincts using Google Map. It was a very enjoyable event which we never get tired.

My seatmates starts from left : Ravi and Dimple

The SOX Bloggers starts from lower right: Chang, Me, Dimple, Avel and Armando

Upper right : Job, Liezl, Gilbert, Van, Louis, Alexis, Marz, Laurence, Ariel and Fr. Vince

(photo by : Cidy Bascon)

Thanks to Mr. Michael Wee, our very supportive sponsor who owned Coffee Club 101 for providing us scrumptious siopao and coffee. Grab A Crab for letting us used the Oval Room to make us comfortable while doing the project.

Thank you Bariles ( Author of gensantos.com) for inviting me again for SOX Bloggers activities which I do really loved. And of course this event was more colorful with the presence of one and only "ganda ever so much" in gensan Mr. Orman Manansala , makes the serious work mode turned into enliven atmosphere..

We go home with a big smile on our face with the "Google Map Maker" shirt given by Google. It inspires us to work even more specially at home. We will continue to support Google and do mapping.

I hope this contribution of ours will help SOCCSKSARGEN people for this May 10 elections.

Thanks to Sir Hector , Sir Orman , Chang and Van for the photos.

Gensan Google Mapping Party

I had fun during the Gensan Google Mapping Party last December 29, 2009 , Tuesday around 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Cafe Amoree located at Mabuhay Road, General Santos City who provides us free refreshments, thank you!

The purpose of the said event is that the bloggers/participants will help to bring high quality , up-to-date details of General Santos City's topographical map via google map. As Mr. Bariles said " It will be the Soccsksargen Bloggers gift not only to the city but to the whole world". For the tourist who wants to visit Gensan you will be no longer lost anymore.

Organizing a mapping party is not that easy. Many thanks to our beloved speaker, a young blogger Mikko and to Avel Manansala the gensan blogger icon which both of them come up with the wonderful idea and other persons behind the success of the said event. You rock! I was looking forward for the part 2 Google Mapping.

Photo by Orman Manansala