however i think we can probably save your ass from further
analysis here
by simply recapping our improved world class border arc count
very generally & glibly again
as
probably about 2 dozen such wheelies in all
mostly on bjng & mxus & dzly
since it is nonessential info & only a delighfully dizzy side trip
anyway
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "aletheiak"
<aletheiak@y...> wrote:
> the original article you just beamed up again may be in
> contradiction with itself
> or at least it challenges my credulity
>
> for it indicates that the border needed the overhaul
> because
> most of the markers had gone missing over the years
>
> but it also indicates
> all
> the markers have already been successfully recovered
> but for a very few stragglers still expected to be found
> no problem
>
> & that all these would inform the rectification & overhaul
> rather than any actual territorial swap
>
>
> the ibs html you may have missed the end of
> as they typically crash before they finish loading
> lists a series of 142 numbered beacons
> many of which are pairs
>
> & that doesnt count the several cairns that are also mentioned
>
> the verbal descriptions of the 142 monumented positions dont
> mention any of the arcs
> but there isnt necessarily any reason for them to have done so
> since the arcs were already described in the alignment
>
> i dont think there is any question tho that the demarcation &
> delineation follow the same journey
>
> so had it not been for the apparent self contradiction in the
news
> report
> i would have expected at least 2 beacons to have been found
on
> each of the arcs
>
> primarily
> at or near both termini
> but possibly also at intermediate positions too
> as in dzly & us2depa
>
>
> & in general i dont see any reason why any of the arcs would
> have been eliminated
>
> on the contrary
> there is a rather curious pan african agreement in force that
has
> prevented or at least inhibited all african countries from
changing
> their colonial borders
> even bilaterally
>
> it seems only adjudications suffice to accomplish this there
>
>
> so o o
> if proof was really needed for your pudding
> tho i dont think so & havent actually done so
> i believe it would be possible to match the verbal descriptions
of
> the monument positions in the ibs
> with the verbal descriptions of the delineation sequence there
> to learn exactly which numbered beacons continue
> in all probability
> to sit on which paragraph numbered &or named arcs
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Michael Kaufman
> <mikekaufman79@y...> wrote:
> > Ok yes this does work good.
> > But still it might not make any difference if they
> > redid the entire border. All of the arcs might have
> > been eliminated.
> >
> > --- aletheiak <aletheiak@y...> wrote:
> >
> > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Michael
> > > Kaufman
> > > <mikekaufman79@y...> wrote:
> > > > Perhaps this changes the number of arcs in the
> > > border
> > > > arc census, which, for me at least, is stalled
> > > until I
> > > > can find an html version of the IBS pdf or until
> > > adobe
> > > > acrobat quits stalling every time I try to open it
> > > in
> > > > pdf format.
> > >
> > > well you are in luck then
> > > because the google pdf to html conversion is not
> > > only excellent
> > > in itself but even highlights your search terms
> > > for example
> > > http://tinyurl.com/5blet
> > >
> > > my own machine on the other hand crashes now
> > > whenever i try
> > > the following link
> > > even tho it was i who originally brought it
> > >
> > > so i cant recall what the basis was for my
> > > identification of class a
> > > but clearly it must be wrong
> > > & no better than class b
> > > & possibly even class e
> > > because bjneng is plainly identified as wet both by
> > > the above ibs
> > > & brownlie
> > >
> >
>
http://home.worldonline.dk/jesniel/border/african_tripoints.htm#b
> > > jneng
> > > & the terminal marker or rather cairn
> > > if indeed it was ever recovered
> > > is still very probably out of sight of the tripoint
> > >
> > > > --- aletheia kallos <aletheiak@y...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_156
> > > 1979,00.html
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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