Subject: Re: Quick GIS list of MultiCountry Points
Date: Aug 09, 2000 @ 04:49
Author: michael donner (michael donner <m@...>)
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a further check of the quick gis list against some maps of asia & africa
indicates we are not quite as close as i had imagined to getting a complete
draft list & provisional total

so i do apologize for jumping to the wrong conclusion & expectation

the present list is still a marvel of modernity
& it is still a good starting place or continuing place because it is
probably 90 or 95 percent correct & complete
& i am hoping there is a more reliable & handy version still coming
but there is a bit more disarray here than just a point or two out of whack

besides the european increase from 43 to 44 already noted by peter
the asia list should be increased from 40 to 42 or 45
& the africa list increased from 51 to 58 or 59
while only 6 of the previously estimated 20 missing twins have yet been found
namely the 4 found by peter in europe plus 2 in the new asia total
etc
etc
& i feel unless the gis can be tweaked to work more reliably
it is somewhat hit or miss at the present time

also it is rather hard to keep track of changes while working with this
list because it is nonalphabetic & there are so many & such various errors
to keep count of simultaneously so i cant be absolutely sure of the
corrected results either

still the list has definitely helped get us to where we are
which is very good indeed

a probable grand total of not more than 163 continental tri country points
44 europe
15 america
45 asia incl 3 caspians
59 africa incl 1 western sahara
& counting no quadripoints since none have been confirmed

more details below

m




among the 40 asians

2 changes
lebanon jordan syria should be israel jordan syria
china kazakstan mongolia china should be china kazak russia

3 additions
afghan china pak
second armenia azerbaijan iran twin
second china mongolia russia twin
tho 2 other sets of twins are ok

1 subtraction
qatar saudi uae

so corrected asian total is 42
plus probably 3 in caspian sea
which are actually continental & not really maritime



african 51 should be reduced by 1 for egypt israel jordan
but probably increased by 1 for botswana namibia zambia zimbabwe
tho not for lake chad since 1 tri & 1 quad are given there

missing are 7 others
kenya tanzania uganda
rwanda tanzania uganda
burundi rwanda tanzania
burundi congo democratic tanzania
malawi tanzania zambia
malawi mozambique tanzania
angola congo democratic congo repub

& algeria morocco westernsahara could add 1 more

so corrected african total is 58 or 59