Springdales is a wonderful wonderful school.
I read the discussion on Springdales DK posted by Ravi about kids from sector C, Pocket 1 not been included in the draw on 21/Feb/2014
but kids from Sector C, Pocket 3 beig included.
I really tried hard to explain to school authorities that Sector C1 Vasant Kunj lies within 8km.

There are few points I would like to share:

1. The distance from school to home in 'sector C Pocket 1 Vasant Kunj' is 8 km but the school wants distance on google map from 'Home to School'.

2. The walking distance from home in sector c, Pocket 1 Vasant Kunj is 7.7 kms.

3. When we put any home address in C1 Vasant Kunj, google map heads to a point indicated as C 1 Vasant kunj and takes the exit gate near C1 Mother Dairy and head to Nelson Mandela Marg. This distance is 8.1 or 8.2 kms.

4. But when we take the other gate to exit sector C1 Vasant kunj, the gate where sector C1 and C2 are joined,
the distance decreases close to 7.5 km or 7.7 Km, well with 8 km. This gate is also equally used (if not more) and is as prominent and well known by residents as the other gate.

But, to do that, we plotted the point of our house by zooming down inside the Sector C1 colony.
Now, when the point is selected, google shown address in 'from' feild as 'unknown road'.
The school authorities want the address to show there and not 'unknown road'.

Pls note that there are 2 ways to calculate distance in google maps, either enter addresses or if it doesnt find the desired address correctly, then simply zoom down and select the exact location on the map. But this is not acceptable to school authorities.

Link:
http://goo.gl/maps/wlQkW

But, in India all interior and by-lanes are not named so it shows 'unknown road,But the point plotted on google map is correct and within the colony!

But I guess the school did not accept this as I did not get a call for the draw.

5. Google map shows right turn on "Rao Tula Ram Marg" is prohibited.
But when I drove to the school, I found that the second cut under the flyover was open.

The GPRS tool for Nokia maps shows that right turn on "Rao Tula Ram Marg " is allowed.

This turn reduces the distance to school significantly!

6. There is even an exit gate in Sector C1 Vasant Kunj by 'Sarveshwar Mandir' that takes one directly to Nelson Mandela road and that distance is well within 8 Km range. But google maps does not show that gate!

7. My car meter reading showed approx 7 kms.

8. using aerial distance map, sector c, Pocket 1 is well within 8 km zone.

I hope the correct distance is used. Springdales DK is a wonderful school!