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    The document discusses boundary monuments, which mark property boundaries and are important for surveying. It notes that boundary markers are often removed or displaced, leading to land disputes. The study aims to assess students' awareness and perception of boundary monuments at Pampanga State Agricultural University, as altering or moving markers can cause conflicts. The researchers plan to create awareness campaigns if students are found to lack understanding of monuments' purpose and laws regarding altering them. They may face difficulties conducting surveys during the COVID-19 pandemic when in-person data collection is restricted.

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    The document discusses boundary monuments, which mark property boundaries and are important for surveying. It notes that boundary markers are often removed or displaced, leading to land disputes. The study aims to assess students' awareness and perception of boundary monuments at Pampanga State Agricultural University, as altering or moving markers can cause conflicts. The researchers plan to create awareness campaigns if students are found to lack understanding of monuments' purpose and laws regarding altering them. They may face difficulties conducting surveys during the COVID-19 pandemic when in-person data collection is restricted.

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    The document discusses boundary monuments, which mark property boundaries and are important for surveying. It notes that boundary markers are often removed or displaced, leading to land disputes. The study aims to assess students' awareness and perception of boundary monuments at Pampanga State Agricultural University, as altering or moving markers can cause conflicts. The researchers plan to create awareness campaigns if students are found to lack understanding of monuments' purpose and laws regarding altering them. They may face difficulties conducting surveys during the COVID-19 pandemic when in-person data collection is restricted.

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    The document discusses boundary monuments, which mark property boundaries and are important for surveying. It notes that boundary markers are often removed or displaced, leading to land disputes. The study aims to assess students' awareness and perception of boundary monuments at Pampanga State Agricultural University, as altering or moving markers can cause conflicts. The researchers plan to create awareness campaigns if students are found to lack understanding of monuments' purpose and laws regarding altering them. They may face difficulties conducting surveys during the COVID-19 pandemic when in-person data collection is restricted.

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    Introduction

    Boundary monuments are considered as permanent survey marks of any

    kind, and is made of concrete, iron or stone, and includes pillars and boundary

    posts so made. Monuments are used to set the actual boundaries between one

    settlement and another. They are important in surveying and are of different

    sizes and types.

    Surveying, which is also interchangeably called geomatics, has

    traditionally been defined as the science, art, and technology of determining the

    relative positions of points above, on, or beneath the Earth’s surface, or of

    establishing such points. Surveying has been important since the beginning of

    civilization. Its earliest applications were in measuring and marking boundaries of

    property ownership. Throughout the years its importance has steadily increased

    with the growing demand for a variety of maps and other spatially related types of

    information, and with the expanding need for establishing accurate line and

    grade to guide construction operations. (Ghilani and Wolf, 2015)

    Modern-day land surveyors are confronted with a multitude of problems,

    created over the past two centuries under different technology and legal systems

    that now require professional solutions. These include defective compass and

    chain surveys; incompatible descriptions and plats of common lines for adjacent

    tracts; lost or obliterated corners and reference marks; discordant testimony by

    local residents; questions of riparian rights; and a tremendous number of legal

    decisions on cases involving property boundaries. (Ghilani and Wolf, 2015)


    It led to many land-in-disputes, that have sometimes, resulted in loss of

    properties and lives. Overlapping claims are symptoms of the fundamental

    problem of overlapping land laws and programs of government that result to

    citizens competing over land. According to ANGOC (2018) study on land

    conflicts,1 around 352 cases have been documented, covering 1,317,024

    hectares, or about four (4) percent of the total territory of the Philippines. Such

    conflicts lasted an average of 14 years with some cases lasting less than a year

    to as long as 68 years.

    Many of today’s property disputes would have been avoided, if all property

    lines had been resurveyed, monuments checked and set before sales became

    final. Unfortunately, these boundary markers are often removed or displaced.

    The common land dispute which known as encroachment or taking part of the

    land on adjacent land by fencing beyond the boundary or possible, moving the

    boundary marker. According to DAO (2007), boundary markers or monuments

    shall refer to any concrete object that is set permanently in the ground to mark

    the position of a point or a boundary corner. These are also set up by the

    government whenever there is a cadastre or comprehensive adjustment of land

    boundaries throughout the Philippines. It is placed on the ground so people can

    able to identify the extent of their land area and avoid clashes resulting from

    confusion. Despite of the solutions provided to avoid land conflicts, there are still

    people who don’t recognize the importance of boundary markers and still remove

    these markers.
    Thus, this study recognizes the problems particularly to the lack of

    awareness and weak perception of people towards boundary markers or

    monuments. The area of study will be the Pampanga State Agricultural University

    as the researchers choose the university students as our respondents for this

    study. We choose them to assess their awareness and perception towards

    boundary monuments.

    Problem to Solve

    The researchers recognize the problems particular to the cases of

    alteration of boundary monuments due to personal reasons or unawareness

    which later results to land conflicts and boundary disputes. Also, the lack of

    awareness to the importance of boundary monuments and the possible

    punishments for altering the boundary monuments and the weak perception of

    people towards boundary monuments.

    Aims

    The researchers choose the issue relating to lack of awareness and

    perception towards the boundary monuments as this issue still happens in the

    present time. Also, the researchers notice the lack of awareness of people about

    the importance of this markers and the laws which states the possible

    punishment involving to the alteration or moving of boundary monuments.


    Knowledge Gaps

    The researcher may have learned from experience or through literature

    review that there are possibilities that the people which includes the students of

    Pampanga State Agricultural University lacks of awareness and have weak

    perception towards the boundary monuments and that these students does not

    recognize the importance and the laws which governs the boundary monuments.

    For these reasons, students may alter or move this boundary markers

    without knowing the consequences in the future. Now, based on the researcher’s

    initial review of related literature, it was found out that no study has been

    conducted on the topic.

    Questions we plan to look into

     How aware does the students of PSAU about the importance of boundary

    monuments?

     Are the students aware of the punishments and laws which regulates the

    alteration or moving of boundary monuments?

     How do the students perceive the boundary monuments?

    Difficulties in particular sphere

    The researchers may experience difficulties in data collection in which the

    researchers are instructed to only gather data through Internet or creation of

    Google Forms for survey questionnaires and prohibited the gathering of data
    outside to avoid the risk of infection. The researchers are limited to this mode of

    data gathering due to Covid-19 pandemic.

    Researcher Aim (Optional)

    The researchers aim to determine the awareness and perception of

    students in Pampanga State Agricultural University towards the Boundary

    Monuments.

    Why the need for this study? (Optional)

    The researchers argues that there is a need to determine the awareness

    and perception of this students so we can create awareness campaign as an

    alternative in addressing the problem.


    Methods

    Possible Questionnaires

    1. Are you familiar to the photo shown below?

    o Yes

    o No

    2. Have you seen objects similar with the photo?

    o Yes

    o No

    3. After seeing it for the first time, what could be your thoughts on this object?

    o Chair

    o A block of cement

    o Tool for sharpening an object or for cracking objects

    o Others, Please Specify____________

    3. After seeing the photo, what do you think is the purpose of the object? (Any

    answer will be accepted)


    The object in the photo is known as the boundary markers or
    monuments, these refers to any concrete object that is set permanently in the
    ground to mark the position of a point or a boundary corner. These are usually
    found in the ground which its sole purpose is to mark the boundary of a property
    or land.

    4. After knowing the purpose of the monuments, have you seen someone
    altering or moving these markers?

    o Yes

    o No

    5. Have you seen people using it for other purpose? (Example: using it as chair,
    grinding to sharpen an object, etc.)

    o Yes

    o No

    6. Are you aware of the laws or regulations pertaining to altering of monuments?

    o Yes

    o No

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