@Eugene That was too long ago. Anyway, check out Quezon City's Risk Atlas for interesting geospatial data: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwSM5MRaKxejOG05N0lUUHdXdEk/view
On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 7:21 AM Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> wrote: > Manila's administrative and legislative districts boundaries were mapped > because the data or information about them is available. > > Manila's administrative districts are defined by law in R.A. 409, which is > the Revised Charter of the City of Manila. For example, here's the > description of the boundary of the district of Quiapo: > > Beginning at the intersection of the center lines of Calle Azcarraga and >> Estero de Quiapo; thence along the center lines of Calle Azcarraga, Legarda >> and E. Mendiola, Estero de San Miguel, the Pasig River, Puente Colgante, >> Calles Norzagaray and Regidor, and Estero de Quiapo, to the point of >> beginning. >> > > It's then just a simple matter of determining which modern streets > correspond to which old street name (Calle Azcarraga is C.M. Recto Avenue, > while Puente Colgante is now Quezon Bridge, etc.) > > Manila's legislative districts are defined in the Ordinance section of the > 1987 Philippine Constitution. For example, here's the description of the > boundary of the 5th district: > > Barangays Nos. 649-828 N - Mouth of Pasig River inland to point Paz M. >> Guanzon Street extending to Estero de Pandacan; NE - Estero de Pandacan up >> to Pedro Gil Street to Tejeron Street up to boundary of Manila and Makati; >> SE - City boundary between Manila and Makati up to Estero de Tripa de >> Gallina; S - City boundary between Pasay and Manila down to Roxas Boulevard >> up to edge of reclaimed areas westward to Manila Bay; W - Manila Bay up to >> mouth of Pasig River. >> > > ~Eugene > > > >> On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Jherome Miguel <jheromemig...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> As a side note, Manila's districts are not obviously marked (possibly >>> the same as the case of Quezzn City), but official boundaries assigned by >>> the City of Manila has been mapped (the districts of Manila are officially >>> designated). Possibly those district boundaries are mapped based on >>> physical features and place addresses. >>> >>> On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Jherome Miguel <jheromemig...@gmail.com >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> I created the Cubao boundary by extrapolating some data from boundaries >>>> of barangays that may possibly form part of Cubao. >>>> >>>> Although "general areas", the approximate boundaries can be mapped. >>>> Also, some barangays are inside a certain district, and a ground survey on >>>> addresses of places on those barangays can be used to verify them. >>>> >>>> A few can be defined by surrounding streets (e.g. Santa Mesa Heights >>>> district boundaries are formed by its surrounding roads,like Quezon Avenue, >>>> Araneta Avenue, Del Monte Avenue, and Mayon Avenue). and water bodies like >>>> rivers, or both (Diliman looks like to be one example. The Diliman Creek >>>> forms one part of the approximate boundary, while roads, like Katipunan >>>> Avenue, Commonwealth Avenue, North Avenue, West Avenue, a part of Quezon >>>> Avenue, Don A. Roces Avenue, and a portion of Tomas Morato Avenue forms the >>>> rest. >>>> >>>> Hope this advice helps. >>>> >>>> On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I don't know if QC's districts have ever been defined. As far as I can >>>>> tell, they are general areas and there is no hard line delineating these >>>>> districts. >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 2:40 PM, Jherome Miguel < >>>>> jheromemig...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Quezon City's political map on OpenStreetMap is mostly complete, with >>>>>> every barangay mapped, but the district boundaries are still missing, >>>>>> although district nodes are already added. I started to add nodes for >>>>>> those >>>>>> districts, like Novaliches, New Manila, Santa Mesa Heights, Diliman, and >>>>>> Balintawak, but district boundaries are still undefined. Can someone map >>>>>> Quezon City's district boundaries, while I'll add the others, like the >>>>>> Project areas La Loma, and Bago Bantay (possibly the same as the "Munoz" >>>>>> area)? >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> talk-ph mailing list >>>>>> talk-ph@openstreetmap.org >>>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > -- -- Dispatched by mental telepathy via Ansible
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