[talk-ph] Mamasapano Incident

[Ervin Malicdem]

Awesome new knowledge for the conversion, Rally. Added this info on the
wiki article for 2015 Mamasapano clash.

Ervin Malicdem
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On Feb 11, 2015 9:57 AM, "Rally de Leon" <ralleon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wayne,
> On Google maps, the Tukanalipao main road is still reflected as the AH26
> or Maharlika Highway (Route 1). That was also the case with OpenStreetMap
> which were all based on the approximate route shape from a wiki map. I
> already updated this on OSM (now correctly tagged as Route 940 - a
> secondary road on DPWH map).
>
> On DPWH Road Class & Route Numbering map on:
> https://dpwh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/OnePane/basicviewer/index.html?appid=4b48284a409844fab6876aa77be8bf58#
> Maharlika Highway (Route 1) cuts through Shariff Aguak all the way to
> Cotabato City. Can you further investigate/verify, or edit in Google Maps?
>
> It's very hard to edit a Trunk road classification once it matures. The
> trunk rendering tend to stick for while.
>
> Thanks,
> Rally
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Rally de Leon <ralleon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Wayne,
>> Nice - very detailed report. (I am not updated with the news, hehe)
>> What got me curious was the Military Grid Reference - how to convert to
>> WGS84? any ideas? I don't know if the crude method I used was correct.
>>
>> I'll try to work my way backwards to verify if the computed Lat Long from
>> the SMS (tweeted) message made sense from what actually happened.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rally
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Wayne Manuel <wdmanuel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Rally,
>>>
>>> The PNP Presentation in the Senate showed the location on a map with a
>>> satellite image (Google Earth).
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/430388/news/nation/full-presentation-pnp-board-of-inquiry-fact-file-on-mamasapano-clash
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Wayne Manuel
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:44 AM, Rally de Leon <ralleon at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There is a coordinate given here:
>>>> https://twitter.com/ANCALERTS/status/564990109913608193/photo/1
>>>> "GC 6798365714"
>>>>
>>>> Assuming "6798365714" as Military Grid Reference System
>>>>
>>>> I tried this online MGRS to WGS84 Converter:
>>>> http://www.legallandconverter.com/p50.html
>>>>
>>>> using MGRS format -->  51N XH 67983 65714
>>>>
>>>> where:
>>>>   51N is GZD (Grid Zone Designator) based on
>>>> http://www.legallandconverter.com/images/world-mgrs-grid.jpg
>>>>
>>>>   XH is the "100-km Grid Square ID" from shp file of 51N on
>>>> http://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/coordsys/grids/mgrs_1km_polygon_dloads.html#Downloading
>>>>
>>>> Result:
>>>> WGS84 --> *Lat 6.92489  Long 124.52047*
>>>>
>>>> This points to a familiar area on:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.9249&mlon=124.5205#map=14/6.9249/124.5205
>>>>
>>>> Could this be it?
>>>>
>>>> There's a drone video by Raffy Tima described as
>>>> "an aerial view of the PNP-SAF extraction route towards waiting SAF
>>>> commandos on the highway more than a kilometer away."
>>>> I don't know if it's pointing to the same area:
>>>>
>>>> http://instagram.com/p/y4GftOx1RF/?utm_source=partner&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=video
>>>>
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