How do you define "entirely geodetic"?
Does that mean land border or does land under water count?
I thought Brendan completely answered the question of at least the
shortest land border by naming the area of the smalles of the
Indo/Bangla detachments.... if an enclave has a given area, one can
calculate it's maximum border length, and that's it - that's the worst
case scenario that something else has to beat. Shape doesn't matter
(unless, I guess, we get into the philosophical "infinite
indefatigable indeterminable fractals". Then, as Mr. Rumsfeld like to
say, "it's not knowable"). Or?
LN
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "m donner" <maxivan82@h...> wrote:
> dear brendan especially
>
> in a nutshell again now
> i am looking for the shortest entirely geodetic international border
in the
> world
>
> you have already identified & confirmed a leading candidate in
baarle 209
> meters long
>
> & as far as i can see
> so far
> thats the one to beat
>
>
> now since claves with an area of 3476 square meters or less stand a
chance
> of producing a shorter border
> i am interested in first identifying all the cooch behar claves
smaller than
> that size
> & in then carefully examining the nature & length of the perimeter
of each
> such candidate
> in as much exact detail as is presently known or knowable
> so as to further qualify or completely disqualify each of them
>
> now i get the feeling there may only be a small handful of such
qualifier
> claves in all of cooch behar
> & just knowing which ones they all are by size & name would be a big
> advancement for me
> for that would at least entirely surround the question for the first
time
>
> & you may just be able to rattle these all straight off to me from
your book
> or memory
> i dont know
>
> but that alone would be an enormous start
>
>
> & then secondly
> if i could somehow just pick your book
> but preferably your brain too
> for any further pertinent details
> clave by clave & border by border
> wherever necessary & wherever possible
> even so random & preliminary a search as this might still suffice to
qualify
> or disqualify all candidates
> or to at least narrow the field substantially farther than we have
done so
> far
>
> like
> just knowing a stray detail such as the rice paddy border you mentioned
> could make or break a candidate
> for example if that rice paddy wasnt geometric but rather of a
natural shape
> etc etc
>
> but unless we actually try to gather & examine all the available data
> then we just wont know all that can even presently be known here
>
> indeed your book may already contain enough &or you may already know
enough
> to answer the question
> but just without your or our fully realizing that yet
> yikes
> & forgive me for suggesting it
> but that is in fact my hunch & my guess at this point
>
>
> so wont you press forward with me just to see if it mightnt be possible
>
> it shouldnt take much effort or time in any case
>
> & you are probably the worlds best if not the only qualified
informant for
> the needed data
>
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