Interesting... I just noticed that the link road's general alignment matches that of Republic Avenue way to the east. <a href="http://osm.org/go/4zhWO8pr">http://osm.org/go/4zhWO8pr</a><br>This goes straight to the Batasan if you follow the general alignment.<br>
<br>I remember that in the original city plan for Quezon City, Republic Avenue is a planned major road connecting Caloocan, Novaliches, and the Batasan Complex. I guess the government still have the ROW for that planned road and that's what they used for the Mindanao Ave.-NLEX link road?<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seav80@gmail.com">seav80@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
May naghahanap ng mapa sa Skyscrapercity.com forums (the most active real estate and urban planning forums that Filipinos go to) and I pointed them to OSM: <a href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=58559259&postcount=81" target="_blank">http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=58559259&postcount=81</a><br>
<br>Good publicity. :-D<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 9:45 PM, maning sambale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com" target="_blank">emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Checking josm, I don't think any other road was connected. Just a<br>
timeline of events:<br>
<br>
June 5, 2010 - PGMA inaugurates NLEX-Mindanao Avenue Link<br>
June 11, 2010 - this was reported in the OSM-PH mailing list<br>
June 12, 2010 - first GPS trace uploaded<br>
June 13, 2010 - a better trace uploaded<br>
June 13, 2010 - the NLEX-Mina Ave Link added in the map 20 minutes<br>
after the gps track was uploaded<br>
<br>
Great job pinoy-OSMers!<br>
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On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <<a href="mailto:seav80@gmail.com" target="_blank">seav80@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hmmm... how do we clean up all of those roads that criss-cross this link<br>
> road? They are either cut-off, tunneled under, or bridged over. :-)<br>
><br>
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 9:30 PM, maning sambale <<a href="mailto:emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com" target="_blank">emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/BlueArrow/traces/738264" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/BlueArrow/traces/738264</a><br>
>><br>
>> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 9:29 PM, maning sambale<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com" target="_blank">emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > Justas I wast about to edit, bluearrow already beat me!<br>
>> > <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/4978582" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/4978582</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> > Nice job!<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 9:21 PM, maning sambale<br>
>> > <<a href="mailto:emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com" target="_blank">emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >> <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jayzee/traces/737359" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jayzee/traces/737359</a><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 12:13 AM, jc tn <<a href="mailto:jctan007@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jctan007@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> As requested.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Have done a partial trace. Not sure it is good. The clover leaf<br>
>> >>> look boxy.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Some data:<br>
>> >>> Garmin 255.<br>
>> >>> device set to one-second trace. mode: vehicle.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> From Mindanao Avenue through the new tunnel. Approaching Nlex.<br>
>> >>> Ooops. wrong way. U-turn<br>
>> >>> Enter toll gate : P36. up NLex. exit Valenzuela after 1K.<br>
>> >>> turn left and left. enter tollgate : pay P36 again. keeping right and<br>
>> >>> do the clover leaf and back the way we came.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Thinking back, I think all four clover leafs can be done in one pass.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> jayzee<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> ________________________________<br>
>> >>> From: Eugene Alvin Villar <<a href="mailto:seav80@gmail.com" target="_blank">seav80@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >>> To: OSM-PH <<a href="mailto:talk-ph@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">talk-ph@openstreetmap.org</a>><br>
>> >>> Sent: Sat, June 12, 2010 12:39:28 PM<br>
>> >>> Subject: Re: [talk-ph] Mindanao Avenue to NLEX<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Hmmm. This cloverleaf and the link road is conspicuously missing.<br>
>> >>> Though the under-construction cross-street is there at NLEX.<br>
>> >>> <a href="http://osm.org/go/4zhUs9FV--" target="_blank">http://osm.org/go/4zhUs9FV--</a><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Even Google Map Maker doesn't have them.<br>
>> >>> <a href="http://www.google.com/mapmaker?ll=14.691708,121.013675&spn=0.020466,0.038881&z=15" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/mapmaker?ll=14.691708,121.013675&spn=0.020466,0.038881&z=15</a><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Since it just opened recently, I doubt that Roadguide.PH has it<br>
>> >>> already. Nokia OVI Maps don't have it too. As well as Mapcentral.ph.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> So we have the prime opportunity to beat other public maps in<br>
>> >>> including this road! :-D<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 8:34 PM, ianlopez <<a href="mailto:ian_lopez_1115@yahoo.com" target="_blank">ian_lopez_1115@yahoo.com</a>><br>
>> >>> wrote:<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> The nearest mapper in the area is BlueArrow (<br>
>> >>>> <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/BlueArrow" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/BlueArrow</a> ). Maybe he can map/verify the<br>
>> >>>> said area.<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> Tony Montana: Me, I want what's coming to me.<br>
>> >>>> Manny Ribera: Oh, well what's coming to you?<br>
>> >>>> Tony Montana: The world, chico, and everything in it.<br>
>> >>>> -----<br>
>> >>>> <a href="http://ianlopez1115.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://ianlopez1115.wordpress.com/</a><br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> --- On Fri, 6/11/10, tutubi <<a href="mailto:tutubi@backpackingphilippines.com" target="_blank">tutubi@backpackingphilippines.com</a>><br>
>> >>>> wrote:<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> From: tutubi <<a href="mailto:tutubi@backpackingphilippines.com" target="_blank">tutubi@backpackingphilippines.com</a>><br>
>> >>>> Subject: Re: [talk-ph] Mindanao Avenue to NLEX<br>
>> >>>> To: "eric pareja" <<a href="mailto:eric.pareja@gmail.com" target="_blank">eric.pareja@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >>>> Cc: "talk-ph" <<a href="mailto:talk-ph@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">talk-ph@openstreetmap.org</a>><br>
>> >>>> Date: Friday, June 11, 2010, 7:16 PM<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> hi Eric,<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> yes, i've heard of all those "praise releases" but there's really the<br>
>> >>>> skeptic in me.<br>
>> >>>> LRT Munoz station was bannered to be finished last January, then<br>
>> >>>> moved to March 25, then a few weeks later there's another "praise release"<br>
>> >>>> by GMA minions that the line's ok from baclaran to North Avenue and yet the<br>
>> >>>> station's not yet finished up to now and causing horrendous traffic even at<br>
>> >>>> 12mn on a weekend<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> anyway, when i passed by Mindanao avenue there were many vehicles<br>
>> >>>> coming out of the tunnel which is is really unusual if it's still closed.<br>
>> >>>> Though Balintawak is just 5 minutes away from me (or much more during heavy<br>
>> >>>> traffic of course), this link will surely decongest the balintawak tollway.<br>
>> >>>> Mindanao avenue is a motorist's dream road, wide and not much<br>
>> >>>> traffic...unlike almost every other road there is in the metro<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> I don't have immediate plans of driving/going up north so I still<br>
>> >>>> can't verify and update our map<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> cheers!<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> ---<br>
>> >>>> I explore, therefore I blog.<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> <a href="http://www.backpackingphilippines.com" target="_blank">http://www.backpackingphilippines.com</a><br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 2:16 PM, eric pareja <<a href="mailto:eric.pareja@gmail.com" target="_blank">eric.pareja@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> >>>> wrote:<br>
>> >>>>><br>
>> >>>>> There are signs along NLEX southbound that indicate that the<br>
>> >>>>> Mindanao<br>
>> >>>>> Ave. link is now open. I was unable to try it but here are news<br>
>> >>>>> reports that it is operational (well, inaugurated.). There was talk<br>
>> >>>>> among motorists on the way back to Metro Manila about it being open,<br>
>> >>>>> but no verified anecdotes.<br>
>> >>>>><br>
>> >>>>> <a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/node/260528" target="_blank">http://www.mb.com.ph/node/260528</a><br>
>> >>>>><br>
>> >>>>> <a href="http://www.topgear.com.ph/news/nlexmindanao-ave-road-now-open-to-motorists" target="_blank">http://www.topgear.com.ph/news/nlexmindanao-ave-road-now-open-to-motorists</a><br>
>> >>>>><br>
>> >>>>> <a href="http://balita.ph/2010/06/05/pgma-inaugurates-p2-1-b-nlex-mindanao-avenue-link/" target="_blank">http://balita.ph/2010/06/05/pgma-inaugurates-p2-1-b-nlex-mindanao-avenue-link/</a><br>
>> >>>>><br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>><br>
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