Mobile app for monitoring Manila Bay launched Share on email A locally-developed app has been unveiled to monitor the environment, particularly bodies of water such as Manila Bay. The app called Masdan, is part of efforts by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to use technology to rehabilitate and sustain the Manila Bay area. The umbrella project, dubbed “IM4ManilaBay” calls on citizen science to augment government efforts. The IM4ManilaBay program is composed of four projects, one of which is Project MapABLE or the Development of an Integrated Mapping, Monitoring, and Analytical Network System for Manila Bay and Linked Environments (MApABLE).