Subject: Re: Ellis Island and Baarle
Date: May 21, 2003 @ 01:49
Author: acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
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> Ellis Island:going metric? I
>
> thousandths of a foot? Is this the US going metric without
> don't think I've ever seen ruler with 10ths of an inch (only 8thsand
> 16ths), let alone 1000ths.come from?
>
> Do you have coords for these points Michael? Where did they
> Baarle:candidates
>
> >happily it appears to be another tossup between 2
> >both looking in this case like about 220 metersloveren
> >
> >these can be seen in
> >http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith//baarle/baarlemap.html
> >as the irregular pink polygon at upper left near the name
> >& the white quadrilateral 2 scrolls down between k12 & k13ot N8 and H1
>
> At one time I posted a map of Baarle labelling the enclaves N1
> to H22. The Louvren enclave of Belgium is H7. It is thesmallest in area
> (2469sq metres, or 0.2469ha). The next smallest in area isH22, the enclave
> formed in 1995 in the far west of the commune ofBaarle-Nassau, from
> one-third of a field (not shown on the map you linked to). H22is 0.2632ha.
> Perimetrically, the order swaps. H7 has a perimeter of 214m,but H22 has a
> smaller perimeter (because it's almost square, not irregular) of209m.
> These figures are taken direct from the 1995 minute whichdelimited the
> enclaves to the nearest cm, and their areas and perimeters tothe nearest
> (sq) metre.to is a
>
> The military map of Baarle, on Barry Smith's site that you linked
> standard topo map of Baarle, drawn by the Belgian IGM=InstitutGeographique
> Militaire. This has since been renamed the IGN=Inst. Geog.National. This
> particular IGM map dates from the 1960s I believe, when theexact number
> and boundaries of the enclaves were unknown. It is only since1995 that we
> have a formal delimitation and can say how many enclavesthere are, how
> large, and what their perimeters are. Because of this, the smallenclave SW
> of the word 'mast' between K12 and K13 is fictitious. I spokewith someone
> at Baarle (I forget who: probably a chap at the Cadastre inBreda), who
> agreed it was an error on the map (just as the current Dutchtopo maps of
> Baarle are incorrect too, misplacing H22 for example).is H22, the
>
> So, the smallest enclave at Baarle has a 209m perimeter, and
> new one in the far west.wonderful
> As for Cooch Behar, there are enclaves there as small as0.27acres.
> Asor 1093sq
> there are 2.47 acres per ha, this gives it an area of 0.1093ha,
> metres. I have no idea of its true shape, but if square, it wouldhave
> sides of 33m, and a perimeters of 4x33m=132m. It is probablynot square,
> but will not be highly irregular either, as the edges of theenclaves
> mostly follow rice paddy bunds (known locally as 'ails': see mythesis),
> which are generally rectangular in shape.if we can confirm completely geodetic bounds for this baby
> If the Zim/Zam/Bot/Nam boundary turns out to be a point, it willbe the
> shortest in the world, and if the lines don't meet at a point, it willbeats Baarle
> still be a strong contender.
>
> but for the moment, despite the lack of precision, Cooch Behar
> for boundary brevity by about 8:5
>
> B