Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: New Cyprus tripoints uncovered
Date: Jan 25, 2004 @ 19:01
Author: Jesper Nielsen ("Jesper Nielsen" <jesniel@...>)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesper Nielsen" <jesniel@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: New Cyprus tripoints uncovered
> Yes, we need to get the lines sorted out, and is there really a well
defined
> thin green line.
>
> I would like to see similar maps for other areas as well. And this is the
> first time I actually see such demarcation line on maps.
>
> Tourist maps, guide book maps etc. normally do not show buffer zone, but
> just a a single line boundary, and all these maps I have seen do not have
> the same line through Nicosia.
>
> Jesper
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:12 PM
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: New Cyprus tripoints uncovered
>
>
> > very nice
> >
> > so these sure look & sound like the real article
> >
> > we just hadnt seen good enough maps til now
> >
> > indeed these finds & reports throw our entire de facto multipoint
> > topology of cyprus such as it was completely out the window
> >
> > or rather perhaps they just multiply & complicate it manyfold
> >
> > but then
> > how many tripoints do you suppose we are really talking about in all
> > here
> >
> > ah yes but of course first we need to understand the purple & dashed
> > green lines better then dont we
> > as distinct from the actual green line
> >
> > which is shown how
> > if at all
> >
> > perhaps in purple
> >
> > ok i will be patient
> >
> > hmm so who can explain this all
> >
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Meynell <knm@m...> wrote:
> > > Jesper,
> > >
> > > >On the lovely detailed Nicosia map there are several such
> > tripoints, and
> > > >it's very surprising to find a greek-turkish boundary outside the
> > buffer zone.
> > >
> > > It's not completely clear from the map, but I would think the most
> > obvious
> > > tripoint is at the Roccas bastion where the Turkish and Greek
> > sectors are
> > > only separated by the height of the city walls, and abut against
> > the UN
> > > zone at the Paphos Gate. There is a park on the Roccas bastion
> > (located in
> > > the Turkish sector) which overlooks the road in the Greek sector
> > that leads
> > > to the Ledra Palace crossing.
> > >
> > > >or at least the rear wall was "smack up" to the Turkish sector.
> > Actually
> > > >on my North Nicosia tourist map the church is on their side of the
> > line.
> > >
> > > My impression was that the church was actually located in the UN
> > buffer
> > > zone, albeit accessible from the Greek side. However, it's
> > difficult to
> > > tell for certain, because even with a reasonably accurate map such
> > as the
> > > one you provided, the thickness of the green line can be difference
> > between
> > > one building or another.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Kevin Meynell
> >
> >
> >
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