Okay, I can see all your semantic points, but...
Since you say that the Equator "has no latitude," does the Greenwich Line have
no longitude? What about that point in the Atlantic Ocean "under the hump of
Africa" where these two lines cross? Does it have no coordinates?
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
if you were on the Equator, are you telling me that
----- Original Message -----
From: "m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 9:01 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Strange section chit border
> 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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