Hunting Ground Rosario Batangas

THIS BLOG CHRONICLES OUR TRAVEL around Rosario Batangas in search of Provincial Boundary Monuments (PBM), Municipal Boundary Monuments (MBM), Barangay Boundary Monuments (BBM) and other landmarks scattered throughout the municipality that are useful reference points for map making.

Goal
Our goal is to produce an updated map of the Municipality of Rosario, Batangas using as bases the Tax Map of the Municipal Assessor's Office and the Rosario Cadastre Cad-426-D consisting of 9 cases.

Equipment

We are using, for recording waypoints and tracks, the newly designed Garmin GPSMAP 62s handheld navigator featuring a 3-axis tilt-compensated compass and a barometric altimeter. This device supports Custom Maps, BirdsEye™ Satellite imagery (subscription required) and photo navigation. Rugged and waterproof, our GPSMAP 62s unit employs a quad helix antenna for "unparalleled reception, has a high-speed USB connection, a sleek new design and connects wirelessly to compatible Garmin handhelds" says the catalog description (Source: http://www.garmin.com).

Location
Rosario Batangas is located at the south eastern portion of Batangas Province along with the south eastern boundaries of the province with Quezon Province. It is bounded on the north by Padre Garcia and Lipa City; on the south by the municipalities of Taysan and Lobo; east by the municipality of San Juan and Quezon Province and on the west by the municipality of Ibaan. The municipality belongs to the Fourth Congressional District of Batangas Province.

Land Area
The municipality has a total land area of 22,310.22 hectares based on the latest Impact Report (Assessor's Office of the Municipality of Rosario, Batangas, 2012). The town is divided into forty-eight (48) barangays. These barangays are conveniently grouped into eight clusters to enhance coordination of local government initiatives.

Barangays Poblacion A, Poblacion B, Poblacion C, Poblacion D and Poblacion E are the urban barangays of the municipality having a total land area of 103.12 hectares which constitute the Central Business District (CBD) of the municipality.

The remaining forty-three (43) barangays occupy the remaining area of 22,207.09 hectares. These are areas currently referred to as rural barangays.