Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] binational quadripoints
Date: Sep 14, 2000 @ 18:00
Author: michael donner (michael donner <m@...>)
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welcome dear old friend & multibenefactor

& what magnificent new gift tidings you bring from the east

that elusive third item
i had a hunch it had to be there somewhere
in our now charmed ensemble of
well how shall we consider them

for it is a beautiful & subtle question you raise

& what to properly call them
for they could be the coolest thing on earth
& deserve the coolest possible name



now that you do mention it
it might actually be a mistake to consider them quadripoints
or multipoints at all
if they are the result of a simple line intersection as at baarle

but the jungholz thing at least struck me not as an x intersection but
rather as a type k junction of at least 2 & perhaps 4 true line terminals
if i recall correctly
for i wish i could find a true map

so i believe we can consider & proclaim 2 distinct types of these thingies
probably needing different names


perhaps mobius points is a witty & catchy enough name for the true cruciforms

& davids droll suggestion wusfripoints works for me for the freeforms
in my makeshift cockabebble language
so i would seriously propose it


also i am wondering
does the india bangladesh example belong to one of these 2 types
& can you show it off to us in any way

& i am finally also wondering about how you are considering & calling them too
because i know you are the master of this game

m



>Besides the two points mentioned earlier where
>boundaries cross each other between Germany-Austria
>and Belgium-Netherlands, there is a third such point
>between India and Bangladesh. However, there is no
>good map of the area on the web and it is even
>difficult to get offline though possible.
>Are they considered quadripoints?
>Arif Samad
>fHoiberg@...