Pista ng Mapa
What is Pista ng Mapa
Pista ng Mapa (Festival of Maps) is the pioneer and premier free and open conference in the Philippines made for and by people who have a passion for open mapping, open data, and open source. It is an outreach activity to generate public interest, advocate and advance the use of open (geo) data, promote free and open source software for geospatial (FOSS4G), and support local open mapping communities around the Philippines.
Since the first Pista in 2019, it has brought together countless participants from different backgrounds to celebrate open source, open data, and open geospatial and have inspired new members to join, help, or start their own communities.
It is an event run wholly by volunteers and advocates from the local OpenStreetMap, OSGeo/FOSS4G, and other map-py communities—tracing its to past FOSS4G Philippines events (since 2012), Maptime Diliman meetups (since 2015), and local OpenStreetMap activities (since 2000s).
Past Conferences
| Conference | Dates | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Pista ng Mapa 2023 | November 21-25, 2023 | UP Tacloban, Tacloban City, Philippines |
| Pista ng Mapa 2022 x State of the Map Asia 2022 | November 21-23, 2022 | Bicol University, Albay, Philippines |
| Pista ng Mapa 2021 | November 13, 16 & 20, 2021 | Online/Remote |
| Pista ng Mapa 2020 | November 13, 20 & 27, 2020 | Online/Remote |
| Pista ng Mapa 2019 | August 1-3, 2019 | Foundation University, Dumaguete, Philippines |