Warping FLA Survey Plans for

Visual Representation
What you need:

• Website: mapwarper.net
• FLA Survey Plan (to be geo-rectified)
• QGIS
• Lot data computation (best if available)
• Land Location Monument coordinates (each region from DENR)
• Geographic Position Calculator
• Scientific Calculator
• PRS 92 Application
Clipping the Image:
• Open QGIS and load raster file or image.
• Click Layer > Create Layer > New Shapefile Layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) > Choose Polygon
• You can opt to put a name and add it to field list > Hit OK
• Click Toggle Editing icon that looks like a pencil then click Add feature icon and start creating a
polygon according to the FLA location. Use the panning tool that looks like a hand icon to go to
certain points and click again the add feature icon to continue creating a polygon. Right click to stop
and to save the polygon you created.
• Click MMQGIS > Create > Create Buffers

• Set your preferred radius for your buffer,

select radius unit in meters and
choose an output shapefile location
to save the buffer, hit OK.
• Click Raster > Extraction > Clipper

• Input file should be the raster file you’re

going to clip, set a folder to
put your output file
• Click Mask Layer and
select the Polygon with buffer that
has been created to mask with
• Click OK
Warping the Image:
 Warping the Image:
• Go to mapwarper.net, create an account and log in.

• Click on Upload Map.

• Fill out metadata and
choose an FLA Survey Plan file or
a clipped image to upload.
Click create to begin.
• Click Rectify to start rectification of the survey plan. Two map views will be visible (Left: Image
uploaded, Right: Open Street Map). Navigate to the location and see if the figure is visible in the
basemap.
• Click on the control point icon at the upper right both for the two map views. Click on a point on the
image then click a point on the OSM and hit the Add control point button. Place points on the edges
adjacent to each other for better warping result. After placing 3-4 points click Warp Image to see the
rectified plan.
• If not satisfied with the result, add more points for more accuracy. You can delete points if you think
you have mistaken placing it, look for the Control Panel at the bottom left and click Control Points.
• Click Preview to see a closer look with the rectified plan. You can zoom in and out up to the map
viewer’s extent. Adjust transparency using the Transparency glider.

• If satisfied with your work hit Export and

Download the file you need.
Merging the Raster files:
• After the survey plans were rectified and has been downloaded, you can opt to merge the FLAs as
one raster file.
• Load all of the rectified plans on QGIS.
• Click on Raster > Miscellaneous > Merge

• Select files to merge and set an

output file location for the merged raster and
hit OK.
• Uncheck the individual files, retaining the merged tiff file you have created to check if it was
successfully merged.
• In case figure of the survey plan isn’t visible on OSM, you should take a look at the available lot
data computation or look for the tie line’s latitude, longitude northing and easting on the survey
plan if it is there, it can be found at the first corner. If not written on the survey plan getting the
GPS points on site should be done, preferably where the land location monument is located.
What to do:
• Solve for northing, easting of each corner.
• Get its corresponding latitude, longitude (PRS 92).
• Convert to WGS 84.
• Then Plot.
• Open a sheet on excel. Place the survey plan’s available data (reference point (latitude, longitude,
northing, and easting), distance and bearing). Easting can be found at the top where longitude is
written, Northing (at the top of latitude).

• If Lot data computation is on hand use the northing, easting being written so that you won’t have to
solve for the northing and easting of each corner. If not, place another table to solve for the
coordinates.
Sample Lot Data Computation:

If LDC is available use the

provided northing and easting
and proceed in getting the
latitude and longitude of each corner.
• To start solving for northing and easting of each corner place the tie line’s given coordinates next to
the distance and bearing. Label it as PRS 92 since it is the projection that is being used.

• Take note of the reference system being used on the survey plan given in the tie line (e.g. pls-22 BLLM
no.45). Check out the BLLM coordinates of the specified region and scroll to its project number,
location monument and its corresponding coordinates (northing, easting). List of Land location
monuments is available at DENR (per region), and NAMRIA (Philippines).
• Source: Department of Environment and
Natural Resources, CARAGA Region
• Since BLLM no.45 does not have the corresponding latitude and longitude of its given Northing and
Easting, use the coordinates for BLLM no.1 under Pls-22.

• To get the latitude, longitude of the first corner if

ever it is not on the survey plan
(or lot data computation):
• Open the Geographic Position Calculator.
• Input the given northing easting from the survey plan of
corner 1.
• Reference monument: BLLM no.1, northing, easting,
latitude, longitude. Then take note of the calculation results: (latitude, longitude)  value is in PRS 92
• Then solve for the northing, easting, latitude, longitude for corner 2 and so on:

Take note, if bearing:

• NE Distance < (90°-Bearing)
• N W Distance < (90°+Bearing)
• SE Distance < (270°+Bearing)
• SW Distance < (270°-Bearing)

• To solve for [line 2-3, corner 2] northing, easting latitude and longitude:
• Use a scientific calculator (fx-991ES PLUS):
• Mode 2 (COMPLEX MODE)

Input:
• [Easting(1-2)+Northing(1-2) Shift ENG] Shift RCL (-)
• ALPHA A + Distance(1-2) Shift (-) (90°+45°45°)

Screen:
• 12651.22+ 23743.74i  store to A
• A+ 197.65 < (90°+45°45°)
• =
• SD
• 12509.64292  easting
• +23881.65828i  northing

• (Store to B and do the same calculation to get the northing, easting of each corner)

• For corner 3, line 3-4: B + 173.53 < (90°+87°29°)

• Calculated value:

• 12336.28029  easting
• 23889.27799i  northing
Use a scientific calculator (fx-991ES PLUS):
Mode 2 (COMPLEX MODE) ALPHA A + Distance(1-2) Shift (-) (90°+45°45°)
Screen:
A+ 197.65 < (90°+45°45°)

Input:
[Easting(1-2)+Northing(1-2) Shift ENG] =
SD
Shift RCL (-) 12509.64292  easting
+23881.65828i  northing
Screen:
12651.22+ 23743.74i  store to A

(Store to B and do the same calculation to get the northing, easting of each
corner)
For corner 3, line 3-4: B + 173.53 < (90°+87°29°)

Calculated value:

12336.28029  easting
23889.27799i  northing

Do the same calculation for the preceding corners. After solving for northing, easting of each corners,
solve for latitude and longitude.
To get the latitude, longitude of each corner:
• Open the Geographic Position Calculator. Input the given northing, easting being calculated
• Reference monument: BLLM no.1, northing, easting, latitude, longitude (as is)
• Then take note of the calculation results: (latitude, longitude)  value is in PRS 92
• After calculating for the latitude, longitude in PRS 92 convert it to WGS 84 since it is the Google map or
Google Earth’s projection:

• Download BlueStacks and search for PRS92 and install.

 Input Type: Deg. Min. Sec.
Pt. name: (anything)
Latitude:
Longitude:
• Open the PRS 92 app Height: (Assume e.g. 100)
• Press PRS 92 to WGS 84 Then hit Transform to WGS 84
Latitude and longitude converted to WGS 84 is
now available.
• Convert latitude, longitude to decimal places:
• Degree + Minutes / 60 + Seconds / 3600
• Then edit the points on warper.net and warp.