- The pandemic has a large impact on our remote and field mapping operations. Our team has encountered a lot of challenges such as postponing and slowing down of field mapping activities because of sudden lockdowns and surge of active COVID cases, resigning staff due to COVID-19 safety threat, as well as self-isolation due to experiencing COVID-19 symptoms but we were still able to pull them through. [We were also able to make a documentary on how COVID-19 remapped the reality and presented them during the 2nd day of Pista Ng Mapa. Video available online soon.] + The pandemic has a large impact on our remote and field mapping operations. Our team has encountered a lot of challenges such as postponing and slowing down of field mapping activities because of sudden lockdowns and surge of active COVID cases, resigning staff due to COVID-19 safety threat, as well as self-isolation due to experiencing COVID-19-like symptoms but we were still able to pull them through. [We were also able to make a documentary on how COVID-19 remapped the reality and presented them during the 2nd day of Pista Ng Mapa. Video available online soon.]