I looked over my St Martin pics last night, and they all seem to have turned out very well, but they're really large files (most about 450-650kb). I'm trying to find a way to reduce the size so I can send them without jamming everyone's email systems. Right now I'm between good computers and haven't been able to find a way of reducing size while keeping high quality resolution. As soon as I work this out, I'll send about 15 pics along.
Dallen
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From: acroorca2002 [mailto:orc@...]
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 11:00 AM
To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: St Maarten
thanx dallen
good show & tell
& please do prolong the pleasure
the point on the small
> peninsula on the southeast section of Oyster Bay appears to
be an elevation
> point on the map; however, there is a border marker-looking
monument on the
> tip.
ok agreed
at least a vertical datum
& possibly a locational border marker too
or perhaps an indirect monument
&or a no longer legible witness monument
& thus not necessarily demarcating the exact border line
which itself remains a complete mystery
in almost as many conflicting versions as we have maps
> 3) The maps don't show it clearly, but the border almost in
its entire
> length is marked by a very old and short stone wall.
actually both of the most recent maps do appear to indicate in
dashed lines not only some of the stone walls you are talking
about but many such walls along many property boundaries all
over the island
so they may or may not be a mark or an artifact of the
international border per se
but only of the property lines that run along it or near it
> As I
> drove this road, the old stone fence, which I'm pretty sure was
the border
> was on the north side of the road, leaving the road on the
Dutch side until
> it curves north to the north shore of Oyster Bay.
> 4) I made a mistake-the island in Simpson Bay Lagoon is
entirely on
> the French side, not the Dutch side.
until we have hard facts like treaty texts or official maps
rather than just a variety of conflicting maps
i think conclusions about what is mistaken & what is correct are
premature
but talk about premature
maybe i should wait to see the pix before spouting more
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