Re: [talk-ph] 7500 and counting.

I was able to talk to some people from NAMRIA and they said that the "7,641" number is actually Secretary Paje jumping the gun. This number is not validated and is just an initial comparison of the IFSAR data with existing data. There may be data anomalies (because IFSAR is not foolproof) so I was

Re: [talk-ph] 7500 and counting.

The Census Atlas provided one criterion for the definition of an island: it has to be above water at high tide. On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Jim Morgan wrote: > On Saturday, 20 February, 2016 09:32 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: > >> According to the latest news, there

Re: [talk-ph] 7500 and counting.

According to the latest news, there are now "exactly" 7,641 islands. This is stated by the so-called Philippine Islands Measurements Project of NAMRIA. (Really unfortunate acronym: PIMP. People, when when creating multi-word names, make sure that the acronym is palatable!)

[talk-ph] 7500 and counting.

MANILA, Philippines -The Philippines is now officially a +7,500 islands after the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority discovered 400 more islets in a series of mapping research.