REYNALD V. IGNACIO!

Natural Resources and Environmental Law | Sat 1-4 | Atty. Lorenzo!

REPORT : NAMRIA!

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National Mapping and Resource Information Authority !
Filipino: Pambansang Pangasiwaan sa Pagmamapa at Dulugang
Kaalaman!

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MANDATE!

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As provided for in the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) Administrative Order No. 31, series of 1988, which
prescribed the guidelines implementing Section 22 (a) of Executive
Order 192, The organization is mandated to provide the public with
mapmaking services and to act as the central mapping agency,
depository, and distribution facility of natural resources data in the
form of maps, charts, texts, and statistics.!

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Four (4) technical departments are undertaking the networks of
operation on map production and information generation. These are the
Hydrography Department (HD), the Mapping and Geodesy Department
(MGD), the Remote Sensing and Resource Data Analysis Department
(RSRDAD), and the Information Management Department (IMD)!

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AS AN AGENCY!

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NAMRIA, is an agency of the Philippine government under the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources responsible for
providing the public with mapmaking services and acting as the central
mapping agency, depository, and distribution facility of natural resources
data in the form of maps, charts, texts, and statistics.!

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Produces updated topographic base maps and thematic maps at
various scales in support of the governments development planning,
environmental management, and multi hazard mapping, among other
programs. Digital and cartographically enhanced large-scale
topographic maps (1:10,000 scale) provide more detailed information on
administrative boundaries, drainage systems, existing infrastructure,
major establishments, road networks, topography, vegetation, and other
economic indicators showing the present development in the area at
barangay level. !

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Administrative maps indicate political boundaries of provinces and
regions of the country!

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NAMRIA LAND CLASSIFICATION!

Involves demarcating, segregating, delimiting, and establishing the best

category, kind, and use of a public land. Its objective is to determine
through inter bureau action which portion of the public domain is
SUITABLE as a forestland!
and which could be released as agricultural (alienable and disposable
land. Lands which are found suitable for agricultural purposes and
declared as such are then slated for distribution to qualified beneficiaries!

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NAMRIA CORE FUNCTION!

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1. Topographic base mapping!
2. Development of national geodetic network!
3. Land classification!
4. Hydrographic Surveys and National charting!
5. Geographic information management

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TECHNICAL DEPARTMENTS!

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1. Hydrography Branch!
2. Mapping and Geodesy Department!
3. Remote Sensing and Resource Data Analysis Department!
4. Information Management Department!
5. Engineering Services Department!

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1. Hydrography Branch!

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The functions of the Hydrography Branch (HB) are:!
to acquire and analyze hydrographic and oceanographic data used
for promoting navigational safety and oceanographic research.
Outputs are nautical charts, navigational warnings, tide and current
predictions.!

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Hydrographic Surveys and National charting!

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NAMRIA is responsible for the surveying and charting of the countrys
maritime zones/areas which are the archipelagic waters, contiguous
zone, Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Extended Continental Shelf
(ECS), and territorial sea. The agency regularly conducts hydrographic,
bathymetric, oceanographic, and geophysical surveys wherein marine
geographic information are presented in the form of nautical charts,
bathymetric maps, thematic maps, tide and current tables, and special
maritime publications. !

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NAMRIA undertakes its survey activities utilizing its twomultidisciplinary
survey vessels, BRP HYDROGRAPHER PRESBITERO and BRP
HYDROGRAPHER VENTURA, which are equipped with modern
hydrographic, oceanographic, and navigational systems!

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WHY IT IS IMPORTANT?!

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Because these are basic requisites for safe and efficient maritime travel
and trade, marine environmental protection, infrastructure engineering,
military defense, and scientific studies and researches. !

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2. Mapping and Geodesy Department!

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NAMRIA with its Mapping and Geodesy Department (MGD) produces,
maintains and updates base maps that will serve as basic inputs in
various development activities of the government, the academic and
scientific community, and the private sector.!
These maps are produced based on data obtained from aerial
photography and satellite imagery.!

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DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL GEODETIC NETWOK!

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Executive Order (EO) No.5, s. 1993 (as amended by EO 280, s. 2000
and EO 321, s. 2004) mandates the use of the Philippine Reference
System of 1992 (PRS92) as the standard reference system for all
surveying and mapping activities in the country by CY 2010. NAMRIA is
spearheading the implementation of PRS92 Project in coordination with
the DENR regional offices, particularly the LandsManagement Bureau,
the Forest Management Services, and the Lands Management
Services. The project aims to transform old maps and surveys into
PRS92. It also aims to upgrade the horizontal and vertical control
networks of the country and ensure the reliability, completeness, and
accuracy of PRS92 as the national geodetic network. The other key
activities of the project are the upgrading and densification of geodetic
control points, the conduct of leveling and gravity surveys, and the
installation and upgrading of tide monitoring stations.!

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What is PRS92?!

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PRS92 or the Philippine Reference System of 1992 is a homogeneous
national network of geodetic control points (GCPs), marked by
concrete monuments or mojons, that has been established using
Global Positioning System (GPS) technology.!

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3. Remote Sensing and Resource Data Analysis Department!

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RSRDAD- is mandated to conduct land use assessment evaluation and
land classification. !

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Functions:!
1. To provide remote sensing services and vital data on the
environment, land use, forestry, agriculture, water resources, coastal
zone, among others. !

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2. To conduct researches on remote sensing and GIS applications.!

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NAMRIA provides inter-agency technical assistance on the countrys
entitlement for ECS (extended continental shelf) and establishment of its
baseline in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Convention
on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and in fulfilling other international
obligations/requirements provided for by the International Hydrographic
Organization and the International Maritime Organization. !

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The ECS TWG is headed by the DENR Secretary under the supervision of the
Commission on Maritime and Ocean Affairs (CMOA), Office of the President.!

NAMRIA is a member of the ECS Technical Working Group (TWG) which is fully
engaged in the preparation of the Philippine submission to the UN Commission on
the Limits of the Continental Shelf. !

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4. Information Management Department!

IMD- works toward the sharing, transfer, exchange, packaging and
dissemination of environment and natural resources data. It develops and
maintains information systems and environment and natural resources
databases for use not only within NAMRIA but also by outside clients.!

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GRAPHIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT!

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NAMRIA integrates geographic and resource data to facilitate their access,
analysis, and conversion into useful information. It develops and maintains
databases and information systems and networks, packages information
materials, and disseminates geographic and resource information. The
agency is in the forefront of developing a national spatial data infrastructure
(NSDI), which is the integration of technologies, policies, and people that
provide the means through which government, private and academic
organizations efficiently produce, manage, and share geographic or spatial
data.!

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5. Engineering Services Department!

ESD is mandated to work and maintain the internet connection, maintenance

of the agency data link server and all of the office computer's, facilities and
vehicle, instrument.!

It also serves as the marketing arm of the agency for all its products and
services. shows actual maps covered under alienable and disposable lands!

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