All About Measuring Home-School Distance

[ChiefKiasu]

I think you can argue that your house is within 1km of the school without much problem.


Just a rule of thumb... if your house is within the default zoom level of the primary school map on KiasuParents.com, you should be within 1km of the school. To be more accurate, use a ruler to measure the 200m marking at the bottom of the map and then use the same ruler to measure the shortest distance from your block to the school.

You can also use http://www.can.com.sg if you don't have a ruler handy :).

[titank]

Wow very chim yeah.Perhaps need to get Land Surveyor to measure the distance.


By the way, I'm also wanted to check whether Radin Mas Pri is within how many distance from my flat. How to go about it checking?

[mintcc]

hee using can.com.sg, you can go to


map finder > school > Primary school > ....Radin mas

They will ask you to install a plugin to view the map. When you find the school you zoom to a level where you can see your house.

The buttons are on bottom of the map. The is a button call \"distance\"

http://www.can.com.sg/images/map/but-g-nav-05-in.gif\">

Click on it and select pt A & Pt B you want to measure.

As a guide Radin Mas to Tiong Bahru Plaza is about 1.3 km

[titank]

Hi Mincy,


Thanks for the information. Just manage play around with it where I'm staying 1.4Km away from Radin Mas Primary School.

[sarius]

Thanks for the reply.


I've tried can.com.sg and my block is within 1km if I place the other end of the line at the corner of the school which is nearest to my block.

But I'm still wondering how it will actually be calculated during the balloting process.

[ChiefKiasu]

A lot of the mapping software are used for navigation, so the positioning of the point that represent the school is likely to be tied to the main driveway or entrance to the school. In this case, you will have to measure based on the entrance to the school. Otherwise, the point is in the centre of the school compound. Only SLA can tell us which is which.

[sarius]

Guess I have to pay for the service provided by SLA to confirm then

[ChiefKiasu]

Actually, why not just call up the school's office? I'm sure they can tell you - for free :).

[sarius]

I did. She told me to draw a 1km radius on the map to check myself. :shock:

[Mum2Gals]

Go to http://www.can.com.sg/

Under Mapfinder, go to Postal Code and enter your residential postal code
Click \"What's nearby\"
Choose \"Primary Schools\"

It will list down all the primary schools in order of proximity



All the primary schools within 2 km of my house had balloting this year, except for one which I am not very keen

My husband's alma mater is Ai Tong but it is 6km away.

In a dilemma, not sure what to do - to take a chance and go for ballot, or choose Ai Tong but then my kid got to travel far!