Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Baarle Military Map
Date: Jun 26, 2001 @ 19:54
Author: Bernhard (Bernhard <tardis@...-net.de>)
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Hello Peter,

thank you for the info. The prices sound civil to me. I'll try to get them
online.

That is, unless I find a decent map shop here in Hannover.

All the best - Bernhard

Peter Smaardijk wrote:

> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., Bernhard <tardis@h...> wrote:
>
> > > I will have a look tomorrow at my local map shop. Perhaps I'll buy
> > > the map myself.
> >
> > If you do go there, perhaps you could tell me how much the map is,
> or how to
> > contact the shop. Thanks.
>
> The Belgian maps are 13,50 guilders. The Dutch ones (also 1:25k topo)
> are 16 guilders. Because both have shortcomings, I thought I'd buy
> them both. You need Belgian sheets 8/3-4 and 2/7-8 (this last one was
> not available, but I'm going to Belgium next Friday so I'll have a
> look there), and the Dutch sheets are 50B and 50G.
>
> Since my map shop is a very simple one, I think you can get these
> maps from any good map shop in the Netherlands, Belgium, or Germany.
> I don't know what is the easiest way for you, but you can always
> order these maps on-line, too, like Brendan wrote.
>
> > > BTW, it's not only in the north that enclaves are missing. You
> should
> > > have a map with the complete territory of the two municipalities
> > > (Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau), then you will have all enclaves
> > > too.
>
> What struck me was:
> The Dutch map doesn't show Loveren enclave, and looks a bit sloppy on
> the enclave boundaries, too.
> But the Dutch map is much more recent than the Belgian one, and it
> does show the Withagen enclave, the most recent one. This one the
> Belgian map doesn't show.

Peter, could you please point me to the Withagen enclave? It won't be on that
military map scan, I presume.

> The Belgian map doesn't show the Dutch territory in colour anymore;
> now it's just in one colour (brownish), and directly copied from a
> (rather old) Dutch topo map.
>
> The enclaves are shown on the Dutch maps as hatched (in red), and in
> a pinkish colour on the Belgian maps. What is also interesting on the
> Belgian maps, is the fact that the Baarle-Hertog exclaves that
> nevertheless border other Belgian territory (so municipal exclaves)
> are indicated (which is normal, because the Belgian municipal
> boundaries are shown). So you can see that, if you put the two Baarle
> municipalities together, there are no enclaves whatsoever.
>
> Peter S.
>
>
>
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