Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] binational quadripoints
Date: Sep 14, 2000 @ 03:13
Author: michael donner (michael donner <m@...>)
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thanx david
& great to hear from you

you are right about the inaccuracy of the mapquest map
so please bear with me while i search again for a better map
or better yet help me find it if you can
for i know i have seen this jungholz thing somewhere with a crisp tho
slightly skew line quadrijunction
if not actually a literal x intersection
& have seen it described in english as well at a local website
so i know for example that this is a summit point rather than a natural gateway
a geographical fact which i believe actually forces the quadripoint into
existence

it sure would be great to drive over there tho
because i think you can get pretty close to the peak by road

i think your suggestion wusfripoints is a great name for these too

also if you really do see more than the 1 i noticed on the baarle map
or any others anywhere
please point them out

because the generalized riot of baarle causes the 1 i am aware of there to
get overlooked
i am especially keen on this tyrolean 1 for being so self sufficient


all the best to you & emil & barry too whose map i see it also is

m





>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