Honey Grace Fombuena
StaffGIS Analyst II (Specialist) - Asia Pacific Hub
Bio
Honey Fombuena is the GIS Analyst II (Specialist) for the Asia Pacific Hub at HOT. She graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geodetic Engineering. After a year of being involved in OSM Mapping through her affiliation with the UPRI Youth Mappers, she was able to join HOT Philippines as a Junior Spatial Data Entry Staff (and later on a Data Validation Lead) to the PhilAWARE Project. Honey worked for the Manila Observatory before coming back to HOT in its Asia Pacific Hub. She is passionate about utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) methods and technologies to create geospatial products that will be beneficial to the community – especially to the underrepresented and marginalized.
Posts
Advancing Mangrove Monitoring in Indonesia Through Open Mapping and Collaboration
Effective conservation monitoring requires reliable, open spatial data. Through the Map4Mangrove project, Open Mapping Hub - Asia Pacific partners with organizations engaged in mangrove rehabilitation in Indonesia to strengthen their monitoring efforts through open mapping.
Data Gaps in Myanmar’s 2025 Earthquake Response: Demonstrating the Urgent Need for an Open Mapping Approach
Since the devastating earthquakes on 28 March 2025 in Central Myanmar, many international and local humanitarian actors, including the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), have been actively supporting the disaster response and recovery. Explore how HOT is working with mappers to address local data challenges.
