Subject: Re: Shortest broken part of a shared state boundary<br/>
Date: May 11, 2003 @ 04:37<br/>
Author: L. A. Nadybal (&quot;L. A. Nadybal&quot; &lt;lnadybal@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-449314111">Maybe there&#39;s no answer to this for a very different reason than<br/>
fractal infinity.... on the Mississipi, there are many dozends of<br/>
stretches where the boundary is federally, offically &quot;undetermined&quot;...<br/>
and some maps I&#39;ve got, show little stretches, looking like no more<br/>
than 100 yards or so, where a line is a &quot;determined&quot; border based on<br/>
the line style used, but &quot;surrounded&quot; on both ends by undetermined<br/>
stretches marked as such and with another line style used.  <br/>
<br/>
I guess we need an agreement on terms to include or exclude these<br/>
kinds of places and situations. <br/>
<br/>
LN<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;S.D. Rhodes&quot; &lt;rhodent@i...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; &gt;Now let&#39;s see if there is an answer, fractal, molecular, <br/>
&gt; &gt;whatever, for the shortest &lt;portion&gt; of a shared state boundary. <br/>
&gt; &gt;Is it NC-VA near Mackay Island?<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; No.  That&#39;s about a mile and a half.  There are numerous river borders<br/>
&gt; where short stretches of land are in the &quot;wrong&quot; state for various<br/>
&gt; reasons, and many of these are extremyl short.  One example I found is<br/>
&gt; on the Delaware-New Jersey border, a bit south of where the Chesapeake<br/>
&gt; and Delaware Canal enters the Delaware River.  There, you&#39;ll find a<br/>
&gt; border fragment which is less than a quarter mile.  It wouldn&#39;t<br/>
&gt; surprise in the least to find shorter ones exist.<br/>
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&gt; ---<br/>
&gt; &quot;If you hate dissent, then get out of the United States.&quot;<br/>
&gt;                                           -Michael Wilbon </span></blockquote></div>