All About Measuring Home-School Distance
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if you have a car and don’t mind driving your DD to & from school, then why not?
Jam is a concern but should be minor as most schools start very early.
It will take more than 20min as you need to factor in the JAM at & around the school. -
notsokiasudaddy:
About this http://www.OneMap.sg map...Hey am new here. Just saw what you guys talked about. I went to try out \"schoolquery\" on the http://www.onemap.sg, and you know what, if you click a building and see what're the schools around your address, and click the print icon, it gives you a listing; the listing kind of looks like the one in http://www.inlis.gov.sg last time that we have to buy. So it is free now with onemap. Not bad lah! The listing looks official, so I think onemap can be trusted lah, after all this one comes from the government wor... not like other websites which are commercialised...
Ya, verykiasu, I saw the caveat also. I think this one applies only if you use the map measuring tool to DIY. They are trying to tell us that don't DIY and come claim that your house is within 1km or 2km ok? better use the Schoolquery. maybe someone email onemap and ask them?
\"notsokiasudaddy\" is correct, the caveat applies only if you use the digital measurement tool.
If you key in any school name and use the \"Find Buildings near a school\" you will notice that homes within 1 km are in RED, and homes between 1km to 2km are in BLUE.
If you select \"Find Schools near a building\", click an any selected home on the map, schools within 1 km will be coloured RED, and schools between 1km to 2km will be in BLUE.
Basically, SLA's OneMap is official. Depending on the individual primary school, they themselves may not know with full accuracy.
Generally, if your school or home of interest is well within the borders, you're safe. But if you're near the borders, better to use inlis.gov.sg and pay for a downloaded report on that school/home.
Do note that not all blocks within a condominium will necessarily fall within the catchment of a particular school. One must check.
I've interacted with SLA before although not directly for schools registration yet... but my time will come soon!
Knowing every parent's needs, we created http://www.whereto.sg last year, also using SLA source data. In addition to primary schools, we put child care and kindergartens up for map-based searching too... -
Hi carsndora,
do we start the search based on our address point or can we search from our desired school? -
Carebearfriend:
The best is to take referecne from the school covering the 1km, 1-2Km distance search!Hi carsndora,
do we start the search based on our address point or can we search from our desired school? -
You can do either...
On onemap.sg:
If you start from a home address, click on \" Find schools near a building\", and click on the building of your choice on the map. You will see school building symbols appear on the map.
If you start from a school, click on \"Find buildings near a school\", type in the school name in the text box and click Find. You will see RED & BLUE shapes appear on the map...
http://www.whereto.sg has a slightly different approach... It draws 1km and 2km radius circles on the map for you. -
… I forgot to add that (i) starting from a school is useful when you already have particular schools in mind, whereas (ii) starting from a home is useful when you’re considering purchasing a particular new place!
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You can also check the home-school distance at this site http://www.elite.com.sg/
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kams:
You can also check the home-school distance at this site http://www.elite.com.sg/
Yes, however its a Google map, and different computations are used there.
Key thing is, when there are discrepancies, OneMap.sg will be the one that is final as it is a Government service, hence the authoritative version of home-school distances... (play safe! good to be kiasu here!) -
IMHO, the safest bet is to call up the school, give them your address and get them to check and let you know.
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I was surprised when I called the school, my place is within 2km, and when I checked the website given by the school, it's out of 2km.
Anyone knows any website which is definitely accurate?RRMummy:
IMHO, the safest bet is to call up the school, give them your address and get them to check and let you know.
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