the other day, I was also looking for Scarborough Shoal off the coast of Zambales, another disputed area, but can't find it on the map :(<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 5:48 PM, maning sambale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com">emmanuel.sambale@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;" class="gmail_quote">here's a mapping challenge for everyone.<br>

<br>
Jarius Bondoc lamented that the government should publish maps pf the<br>
disputed Kalayaan Islands and Recto Bank:<br>
<a href="http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=696914&publicationSubCategoryId=64" target="_blank">http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=696914&publicationSubCategoryId=64</a><br>
<br>
"In the meantime, professional and amateur cartographers might wish to<br>
plot the nine corners of the JMSU coverage, to see the sellout of<br>
Philippine territory:<br>
<br>
CORNER                   LONGITUDE            LATITUDE<br>
<br>
                  1                118Ί 00’ 00”               10Ί 52’ 00”<br>
<br>
                  2                117Ί 00’ 00”               08Ί 55’ 00”<br>
<br>
                  3                112Ί 54’ 00”               08Ί 55’ 00”<br>
<br>
                  4                112Ί 54’ 00”               09Ί 50’ 00”<br>
<br>
                  5                113Ί 57’ 00”               09Ί 50’ 00”<br>
<br>
                  6                113Ί 57’ 00”               11Ί 10’ 00”<br>
<br>
                  7                114Ί 32’ 00”               11Ί 10’ 00”<br>
<br>
                  8                114Ί 32’ 00”               11Ί 56’ 00”<br>
<br>
                  9                118Ί 00’ 00”               11Ί 56’ 00”<br>
<br>
<br>
The first point is here:<br>
<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=10.8667&mlon=118&zoom=12&layers=M" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=10.8667&mlon=118&zoom=12&layers=M</a><br>
<br>
Recto bank known internationally as Reed:<br>
<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/302106026" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/302106026</a><br>
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<br>
--<br>
cheers,<br>
maning<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>---<br>I explore, therefore I blog.<br><br><a href="http://www.backpackingphilippines.com">http://www.backpackingphilippines.com</a><br><br>