Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: World 200nm EEZ survey
Date: May 14, 2001 @ 00:04
Author: michael donner (michael donner <m@...>)
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>are you kiddin
>Michael:
>> otherwise your inconclusive but valuable exchange here
>> for example
>> just becomes another in a series of easily forgotten yet important loose
>ends
>Absolutely. Having arrived late and spent time rummaging in the archive of
>this group, I'm acutely aware of how much information is stored there, but by
>the nature of the Q&A style in a poorly accessible way. I'm still coming
>across stuff that makes me realise >50% of my questions/input so far has
>covered old ground (sorry);
>that is why i like to give an old message number whenever i can
>and that wasn't for lack of effort on my part to
>search the archive before putting my foot in - just that to some extent to
>recover stuff from the archive you need to know it already!
>Big task though, and I can't imagine how to start it ...
>it is truly awesome to acknowledge receipt of this first major contribution
>As a core data set that may be useful, I've attached an XLS file containing a
>digest of the current CIA Factbook's information on maritime boundary claims.
>The usual 192 countries plus the most widely accepted dependencies, and a
>figure for the Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone, Exclusive Economic
>Zone/Exclusive Fishing Zone whenever such a claim is listed by the CIA. Plus
>some notes when these seem necessary/interesting.
>
>Grant