Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] binational quadripoints
Date: Sep 14, 2000 @ 03:13
Author: michael donner (michael donner <m@...>)
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>On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, michael donner wrote:
>
>> to confirm both instances of international boundaries actually touching or
>> crossing themselves as previously suggested
>>
>> 1 belgium holland at
>>
>><http://wings.buffalo.edu/philosophy/faculty/smith/baarle/baarlemap.html>
>>http://wings.buffalo.edu/philosophy/faculty/smith/baarle/baarlemap.html
>> where you can see it near the middle of the page & just above the word
>>rethse
>
>The Baarle examples look like read self-interscting or figure-8
>international border points, "binational quadripoints" is a good term.
>
>> 2 austria germany at
>> <http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/share?s54ai8wwa6vepwno>
>>http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/share?s54ai8wwa6vepwno
>> where you can then zoom in or out for more context or precision
>
>If you click to center the map at the (apparent) wusfripoint and them zoom
>in as far as you can, the apparent binational quadripoints appears to
>resolve itself into nothing more than a narrow neck, Austria appears to be
>connected by perhaps a 10 meter gateway between two points of Bavaria.
>
>A road trip could be in order.
>
>David