Last January 2009 the local government units of Southern Leyte, in coordination with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that will ensure the future protection and conservation of geodetic control points (GCP) in the area. The geodetic control points database is a facility that provides location points of GCPs used by geodetic engineers, surveyors, and cartographers to correctly position rectified geodetic data.
Initially, there are 237 GCPs subject for adoption including some old GCPs which were recovered and re-observed in the different barangays of municipalities in Southern Leyte from 2007 to 2008. The GCPs that have specific locations per barangay were turned over to their respective municipal engineers for protection and conservation, with the assistance of an appointed focal person per barangay. A periodic report will also be submitted to the DENR regarding the status of the GCPs and for any occurrence of disturbance.
As part of the LGU's responsibility in the adoption of the GCPs under the Adopt a Mojon Program of the Philippine Reference System 92 (PRS 92), municipal ordinances were released by the LGUs prescribing penalties for constituents found guilty of destroying or tampering with the GCP, intentionally or otherwise.
Mr. Alfredo S. Pascual, Regional Executive Director of DENR Region 8 said that the effect of the adoption of the GCPs that were established under the PRS 92 is indirect, but its significance and development should be advocated to the people especially at the barangay level.
The PRS 92 program, mandated under EO No.321 signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2 July 2004, is a network of geodetic control points marked by survey monuments or “mojons” established using the Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. It was started in 2007 and will end in 2010 with the goal to complete and maintain the national geodetic network and integrate old surveys and maps in the network for the sustained management and development of the country’s natural resources. It also aimed to establish more accurate spatial positioning for structures and other activities. It is a homogeneous network useful to all government agencies (DPWH, DAR, DA, NIA), the academe, as well as government and private surveyors that are involved in surveying and mapping activities.
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I just want to know if it is possible to get a complete list of gcp of batangas with their corresponding coordinates?
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