aw lets compound the technicality anyway
just to make sure we really are correct

for are you absolutely sure the equator is a parallel of latitude

my dictionary says a parallel
in geography
is
any of the imaginary lines representing degrees of latitude
encircling the earth parallel to the plane of the equator

& i dont think it is possible for the equator
which is a line in the plane of the equator
to also be parallel to the plane of the equator
because parallel in this basic & original geometric sense refers
to 2 things that are beside one another & thus never meet

also as previously mentioned
the equator is said to lie at zero degrees of latitude because it
has no latitude

does that make it a parallel of latitude

i dont think so

or is it simply parallel to the parallels of latitude that are parallel
to it

my dictionary says latitude
in geography
is
the angular distance north or south of the equator
measured in degrees along a meridian
as on a map or globe

so from this i also gather the equator has no latitude & is not a
parallel of latitude because it lies no distance & no degrees
either north or south of the equator

the advantage of this view
if it is indeed correct
for your technical formulation
is that it can thus be tightened up as follows

any parallel of latitude
or any other line of constant bearing that is not a meridian of
longitude or the equator
is not straight

--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
<mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:

> You are correct. The Equator is the only parallel of latitude that

is also a

> great circle. I thought of that after writing my message, but

didn't want to

> compound the technicality.
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Kaufman" <mikekaufman79@y...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 1:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Strange section chit border
>
>
> > Yes, but I think the Equator would be the exception to
> > this rule. Of course this is assuming the earth is a
> > perfect sphere. But we know that it is just an
> > approximation, and its irregular shape varies.
> >
> > --- "Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > > Well, this is a technicality, but...
> > >
> > > Any parallel of latitude, or any other line of
> > > constant bearing that is not a
> > > meridian of longitude, is not straight. Only an arc
> > > of a great circle is a
> > > "straight" line. Even then, it is straight only in
> > > the horizontal dimension,
> > > since it curves with the surface of the earth and
> > > probably goes up hill and down
> > > as well.
> > >
> > > Lowell G. McManus
> > > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Michael Kaufman" <mikekaufman79@y...>
> > > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 4:14 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Strange section
> > > chit border
> > >
> > >
> > > > Which leads to the question of which manmade
> > > segments
> > > > are NOT straight. The only thing that comes to my
> > > > mind is the DE-PA Arc (or Arcs). Are there any
> > > world
> > > > class examples? I can not think of one, but I may
> > > be
> > > > forgetting about something.
> > > >
> > > > --- m06079 <barbaria_longa@h...> wrote:
> > > > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter
> > > > > Smaardijk"
> > > > > <smaardijk@y...> wrote:
> > > > > > Note also that it is a municipal exclave of
> > > > > Innerferrera.
> > > > > > Cf.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > http://www.innerferrera.ch/innerferrera/geschichte.html
> > > > >
> > > > > (mentions
> > > > > > a territory exchange with Italy in 1962/63 as
> > > the
> > > > > cause).
> > > > > > Peter S.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "chris
> > > > > schulz"
> > > > > <23568@g...>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > Thats right,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > as i know its result of special interests
> > > of
> > > > > switzerland.
> > > > > > > the shown situation is from val di lei.
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > http://www.home.pages.at/maxifant/Frames/val-di-lei.htm
> > > > >
> > > > > (german)
> > > > > > > when the wall had been build, switzerland
> > > wanted
> > > > > to save
> > > > > this wall
> > > > > > by itself,
> > > > > > > because in the case the wall would be hit
> > > (by a
> > > > > bomb or
> > > > > whatever)
> > > > > > all the water would come to the val di Avers
> > > in
> > > > > Switzerland.
> > > > > > > so now switzerland can save the wall with
> > > own
> > > > > guns,...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > regards, chris
> > > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > > From: Artur Kroc
> > > > > > > To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:07 PM
> > > > > > > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Strange section
> > > chit
> > > > > border
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This section looks strange - like african
> > > > > borders - like made
> > > > > by
> > > > > > ruler...
> > > > >
> > > > > straight looking sections of borders are
> > > actually
> > > > > fairly common
> > > > > everywhere
> > > > >
> > > > > indeed they occur wherever a border runs
> > > directly
> > > > > between 2
> > > > > markers
> > > > > or in other words
> > > > > just about everywhere there is a manmade rather
> > > than
> > > > > a natural
> > > > > delineation
> > > > >
> > > > > & that means the great majority of the
> > > individual
> > > > > delineations in
> > > > > the world
> > > > >
> > > > > it is just that a much larger scale map is
> > > needed to
> > > > > see most of
> > > > > them
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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