All About Measuring Home-School Distance

[carsndora]

As far as the distance criteria goes, SLA distance is final and the school is supposed to take reference from that. Which is why we took pains to use SLA maps on http://www.whereto.sg .


Notwithstanding, the school may reject any registration based on a variety of OTHER reasons.

INLIS will give you the official addresses for a particular school.

However, if you're deciding on some properties for purchase in different places, or considering more than 1 school, then use the website to prioritize and shortlist what to buy.

[Eagle-Ladybird]

Many thanks carsndora, whereto.sg is a fantastic map

[carsndora]

Thanks!


By the way, I forgot to mention that you can use the \"Measure\" function to literally digitally measure distances on http://www.whereto.sg.

No need to use a ruler against the computer screen.

[Eagle-Ladybird]

Yes, I have tried almost every function available, and I must say it’s very accurate.


Did you say you developed this free online map ? Fantatsic effort.

[carsndora]

Thanks! Its a showcase of our mapping software products that our company sells. But the map is free for public use.


And while we were at it, why not do something useful?

It helped my own decisions on location and schools too

(...the things we do for our kids eh?)

There will be more \"widgets\" up soon. Next up on the schedule is child care centres and kindergartens.

[Eagle-Ladybird]

Wow, good stuff. Yours appear to have the footprint of \"satellite view\", and it's pretty accurate (unlike the streetdirectory, which in many occassions, are not accurate).


And updated too - I saw the blueprint of Volari on Balmoral Rd, which is not even built yet. In fact the building that's sitting there is still the old Garden Hotel :celebrate:

[Full.010894Cream]

Juz found this...anyone mentioned before?


http://www.elite.com.sg/556742.page

[titank]

Full.Cream:

Juz found this...anyone mentioned before?


http://www.elite.com.sg/556742.page

Yes I had used this before where it is quite accurate. Of course you should use SLA Map if your distance are in the gray area zone like 0.9-1.1 or 1.9-2.1

[Andaiz]

Not sure if anyone here has the answer to this.


Was discussing school distance with a colleague who’s registering her child in 2011. The school that she’s targetting is due to move to a temporary site for 2 years while the current location is being "upgraded" to accomodate single session in line with MOE’s requirement.

In the two years that the schools is at the temporary location, is the home-school distance from the school site, or the temporary site?

Checked on MOE website doesn’t yield any good indication which way. TIA!

[qms]

Andaiz:

In the two years that the schools is at the temporary location, is the home-school distance from the school site, or the temporary site?

Hi Andaiz!

The answer to your question can actually be found in the http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/primary-one-registration/faqs/#proximity section of the MOE website, Question 24. In short, you should use the address of the permanent location.