SUSON, Jessa Mae O. Mr.

Rogelio
Dones
2A1 March 10, 2020

University of the Philippines and its Activity that Helps our Country

Philippines have numerous esteemed schools that offer fashionable training to

its students. Postulations school give quality of education that can compete with the
standard around the world. Besides, these school doesn't just spotlight on giving their
students a well-rounded schooling yet they likewise reward the general public by
making projects and exercises that could help improve the local area, one of the is the
University of the Pilippines.
The University of the Philippines made history in 2020 as the first in Asia to
offer public access to its open portal on Taal Volcano data following the January
eruption.
The University of the Philippines (UP) has allowed open access to its Light
Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) portal on the Taal Volcano to help hasten
rehabilitation efforts, marking the first time an Asian country has practiced such open
data policy.
The Taal Volcano LiDAR datasets were derived through the use of airborne
systems mounted on an airplane. The output of the LiDAR sensor is a 3D point cloud
containing points that were scanned.
The LiDAR technology was able to generate maps with resolution of up to
1×1 meter which can be used for planning and reconstruction of areas damaged by the
Taal Volcano eruption in Batangas on January 12, 2020.
The Taal Volcano mapping is free and downloadable by anyone with internet
access and by most modern GIS software.
The UP TCAGP’s Disaster Risk and Exposure Assessment for Mitigation
(DREAM) and PHIL LiDAR program generated data from 2014 – 2017.
“This allows anyone who wishes to utilize the data, e.g. planning and
reconstruction, for their specific scientific research purposes (the use of the data for
disaster risk reduction and resource management is highly encouraged) provided that
proper citation will be given to the UP TCAGP and PHIL-LIDAR Program as the
source of the data. Please note that while stringent QA/QC protocols were in place
during the program operation, we cannot guarantee that the data is free of
discrepancies, bugs or defect,” the UP TCAGP report said.
In its report FAQs, the team notes that the LiDAR data from the
DREAM/Phil-LiDAR Program (Laz, DSM, DTM, and Orthophotographs) are within
20km from the Taal crater. Due to data cleaning and vetting purpose, the team will be
staggering the release of the data starting from DTM and DSMs first, then Laz data
for volcano island, 14km, 17km, then 20km radius.
The UP institution says its open data policy on Taal Volcano is in line with its
mandate to provide training and research services on geomatics. The open data policy
was made possible with the concurrence of the UP, the UP Office of the Vice-
Chancellor for Research and Development, the Department of Science and
Technology, DOST PCIEERD, and Mapua University.
The Phil-LiDAR researchers generated the datasets from 2014-2017. The web
map interface, data cleaning, checking, and preparation were done by volunteer work
by current and former researchers from UP TCAGP namely, Benjamin Dag,
Benjamin Jiao, Benjamin Magallon, Cham Mamador, Ian Panganiban, Julius Sempio,
Rk Aranas, and Rodel Ismael.

https://www.goodnewspilipinas.com/university-of-the-philippines-opens-portal-on-
taal-volcano-data-1st-in-asia-to-offer-public-access/