[talk-ph] mapping challenge: JMSU coverage and Recto bank

maning sambale emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com
Mon Jun 27 11:53:56 BST 2011


http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?mlat=15.183333&mlon=117.766667&zoom=12&layers=B000FTF

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 6:51 PM, tutubi
<tutubi at backpackingphilippines.com> wrote:
> 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 :(
>
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 5:48 PM, maning sambale <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> here's a mapping challenge for everyone.
>>
>> Jarius Bondoc lamented that the government should publish maps pf the
>> disputed Kalayaan Islands and Recto Bank:
>>
>> http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=696914&publicationSubCategoryId=64
>>
>> "In the meantime, professional and amateur cartographers might wish to
>> plot the nine corners of the JMSU coverage, to see the sellout of
>> Philippine territory:
>>
>> CORNER                   LONGITUDE            LATITUDE
>>
>>                  1                118º 00’ 00”               10º 52’ 00”
>>
>>                  2                117º 00’ 00”               08º 55’ 00”
>>
>>                  3                112º 54’ 00”               08º 55’ 00”
>>
>>                  4                112º 54’ 00”               09º 50’ 00”
>>
>>                  5                113º 57’ 00”               09º 50’ 00”
>>
>>                  6                113º 57’ 00”               11º 10’ 00”
>>
>>                  7                114º 32’ 00”               11º 10’ 00”
>>
>>                  8                114º 32’ 00”               11º 56’ 00”
>>
>>                  9                118º 00’ 00”               11º 56’ 00”
>>
>>
>> The first point is here:
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=10.8667&mlon=118&zoom=12&layers=M
>>
>> Recto bank known internationally as Reed:
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/302106026
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> cheers,
>> maning
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cheers,
maning
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