North and South Caloocan City, Philippines
Francis Ocoma
separation looks like in the city's wiki page (http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Caloocan_City).
Is there a way to do this in Map Maker?
Right now there are at least three "Caloocan" features existing in Map
Maker, which might become confusing:
- "Caloocan", which was categorized as a district by whoever added it.
It looks like North Caloocan but with inaccurate boundaries.
- "North Caloocan", categorized as a locality. Its boundaries are even
more inaccurate than the Caloocan "district".
- "Caloocan City", which is in fact just South Caloocan (again with
inaccurate boundaries).
Ding
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> Caloocan City is divided into two separate areas. You can see how the
> separation looks like in the city's wiki page (http://en.wikipedia.org/
> wiki/Caloocan_City).
>
> Is there a way to do this in Map Maker?
Yes, two or more features may have the exact name and attributes but
different configurations (as evidenced by your current predicament
;-). The Google Maps service shouldn't have any problems with that
since Barangay + City should give adequately unique info for the
addresses. The only problem that I can see is that all further edits
(alternate names, events, etc.) will have to be performed twice.
> Right now there are at least three "Caloocan" features existing in Map
> Maker, which might become confusing:
> - "Caloocan", which was categorized as a district by whoever added it.
> It looks like North Caloocan but with inaccurate boundaries.
> - "North Caloocan", categorized as a locality. Its boundaries are even
> more inaccurate than the Caloocan "district".
> - "Caloocan City", which is in fact just South Caloocan (again with
> inaccurate boundaries).
That's a problem with a lot of cities in Metro Manila, likely in the
provinces as well. I suggest that you leave it as it is until all the
barangays in your city are mapped out more or less accurately. After
all the barangays are mapped, you can simply trace the aggregate
outlines in map view and delete those three. I find that it's very
difficult editing large polygons.
I would appreciate your comments and suggestions on a collaboration
site for Pinoy map makers:
http://sites.google.com/site/mappingthephilippines/