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2017-Article12-001
Starting last May, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) conducted the 2017 Tablet-Aided Geotagging of Building Structures, the second phase of the five-year Rolling Scheme Field Updating of Digitized Census Maps and Validation of SSUs.
As defined, geotagging is the process of marking all building structures as points in the digitized maps. Geographical information is attributed to these points including building address, name, type, form, among others. This undertaking aims to create dynamic digitized maps for use in different censuses and surveys of the PSA.
For the province of Bohol, six (6) Map Data Collectors (MDCs) and one Map Data Screener (MDS) were hired for this activity. They attended the 3rd Level Training on April 24-28, 2017 at PSA Bohol Provincial Office with the provincial focal person, RO I Venus P. Gloria, as the trainer. This involves a total of 192 Primary Sampling Units (PSU) province-wide.
On May 8, 2017, with motivated hearts, the MDCs began their fieldwork in Tagbilaran City, the capital of Bohol. But before going to the field, the MDCs had their courtesy call to the office of the Mayor then to the Punong Barangay.
Then the fieldwork began. “It is one of the most challenging activities of PSA.” says one MDC. Yes, it truly is. Why? It is not a team-approach operation like the previous mapping operations. Another reason is that all buildings inside the PSU will be geotagged, regardless of its type. Also, some respondents were apprehensive due to the recent peace and order problem of the province.
The expected date of completion is August 31. However, as of this writing, only 155 PSUs, that is, 80.7%, were completed.