[talk-ph] Quezon City mapping: districts

[Erwin Olario]

@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 <seav80 at 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 <jheromemiguel at 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 <jheromemiguel at 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 <seav80 at 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 <
>>>>> jheromemiguel at 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)?
>>>>>>
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