Note: This is a first attempt to provide guidance in preparing the information product needed for the CLUP and is intended to be used hand-in-hand with Volumes 1 and 2. As more knowledge is gathered, the IP will be updated. Likewise, updates may be required due to new or changing land-use policies. Furthermore, data will continuously be prepared by the custodians, which may require updates. For the latest update, please check HLURB Homepage: http://www.hlurb.gov.ph/ or contact HLURB, telephone +632 927 2698

	Step 1: Provide a Background and Identify the Objectives of the GIS Analysis
	The Philippines can claim its uniqueness as the only Christian country in Asia because over 90% of the population is Christian. From the figure of over 90%, 83% of these are Roman Catholics, 9% are Protestants, 5% are Muslims while the remaining 3% are Buddhists or belong to other religion groups. Places of worship also serve as a sanctuary to people. Whenever calamities or trouble occur, these places will be one of the first places that people will converge to, especially in highly rural barangays. In highly urbanized areas, these places would probably be areas of traffic congestion especially for large gatherings like masses on Sundays.
	The Objective of this analysis is to present the data of Places of Worship. Location of Memorial Parks may also be presented if the LGU feels the need for this particular data.
	Step 2: Identify the Indicators to Evaluate Objective Fulfillment
	There are no indicators for this IP.
	Step 3: Create the Database
	Attributes
	The following attribute tables may be used for this sector. Those in bold are used for the examples here. SE32 Places of Worship, Year YYYY  SE33 Cemeteries and Memorial Parks, Year YYYY
	The Custodians of sector data are the NSO, HLURB and LGU for cemeteries and memorial parks. Occupancy of these sites should be gathered directly from the memorial parks administrative offices.
	The following steps need to be taken to get access the data:
1	NSO has data on Household Population by Religious Affiliation in their published household and demography data.
	Spatial
	The feature type for the religious institutions will be points and the location will be traced by a GPS/primary survey/secondary source. Use if possible one and same place for all (service), for example the entrance of the sacred edifice for the GPS reading.	SYMBOL for the (service)
	Photo showing an example of the spot for GPS reading (if needed)
	Religious institutions will have a point feature and the burial grounds should preferably be presented as a polygon with the same symbol that is used for the institution. Use ESRI US MVTCD3 palette
	Church
	Mosque
	Hindu temple
	Buddhist temple (Pagoda)
	Synagogue
	Other
	Step 4: Analyze the Data
	There is no analysis required.
	Step 5: Present the Data
	The Religion analysis layers will be put on top of the Base Map as shown below.