Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Shortest border??<br/>
Date: Sep 14, 2003 @ 18:34<br/>
Author: Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell &lt;kevin@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-180341200"><blockquote><span title="ireply">&gt;but i would not agree that having an iso diglyph definitively makes a <br/>
&gt;place a real country<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>ISO 3166-1 doesn&#39;t just list countries, but distinct territories as well.<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;familiar cases in point are<br/>
&gt;ai anguilla<br/>
&gt;an netherlands antilles<br/>
&gt;aq antarctica<br/>
&gt;as american samoa<br/>
&gt;aw aruba<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Many of the national overseas territories on the list (including most of <br/>
the above) are more-or-less separate countries. They are self-governing, <br/>
and only rely on their &#39;parent&#39; country for defence and external relations. <br/>
Even then, these aspects are usually conducted in accordance with the <br/>
territory&#39;s wishes.<br/>
<br/>
I would agree that there are some questionable inclusions on the list (e.g. <br/>
Bouvet Island), and the French DOMs should possibly not be on there either, <br/>
but it&#39;s about as definite as you can probably find. The list of reserved <br/>
codes is also quite interesting as it gives away how some countries <br/>
consider the status of their territories (e.g. Spain with the Canary <br/>
Islands, Ceuta and Melilla).<br/>
<br/>
Anyway, back to the original question - can anyone find a border which has <br/>
a total length of less than 1.2 km?<br/>
<br/>
Regards,<br/>
<br/>
Kevin Meynell</div>