an even better place to get reliable info on
boundaries
if that is all you want
is the list of the international boundary research
unit of the university of durham england
where todays offering seems by chance to bear even
more on your question than on hans
http://us.f356.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=658_639563_11741_2837_1735_0_16271_3144_4081557794&Idx=0&YY=19991&inc=25&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=&head=&box=Inbox
& i know martin has been promoting its use by all
people
& not just the experts who hold forth there
so i am pretty sure i am not out of school here in
commending & recommending it to you
--- aletheia kallos <
aletheiak@...> wrote:
> actually none of these boxes are really boundaries
> sean
> nor
> accordingly
> do they produce any real boundary multipoints
>
> nor btw could they or the subjects of your earlier
> questions possibly have anything to do with our
> topic
> here
> which is geopolitical multipointing
>
> the boxy geometric lines you see on many maps of the
> pacific are purely allocational
> which simply means
> islands on one side belong to the country on that
> side
>
> & those on the other belong to the country on the
> other side
>
> so really they are just for ready reference & easy
> visualization
>
> & any protrusions from the basic boxy shapes
> therefore
> must contain islands belonging to the country
> centered
> in the box
>
> but the actual boundaries in these areas are
> by & large
> conventional sea law boundaries just like everywhere
> else
> based on distances from land etc
>
> &
> when coasts & islands move about
> the maritime borders they generate move about with
> them
>
>
> &
> of course there are many oil rigs etc in eezs all
> over
> the world
>
> indeed thats probably where most of them are
>
>
> hope that helps
>
> also for other general border questions not relating
> to multipointing
> & indeed the elsewhere you are probably seeking in
> this particular case
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/borderpoint/
>
>
> --- Seÿffffe1n O'Connell <gleannmaghair@...>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Lowell, Thanks Eric,
> >
> > Much appreciated,
> >
> > ...anybody else know about any others??
> >
> > Also, here's one that's been bugging me for a
> while,
> > and that has probably also been answered
> elsewhere:
> >
> > Why do Palaus borders often appear, on maps and
> in
> > atlases, the way they? i.e. what's with that
> > 'quadrilateral' add-on zone south of Yap state?
> How
> > did it come about?
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Eric Choate <choatune@...> a écrit :
> >
> > > Off the Outer Banks in North Carolina, there are
> > two
> > > lighthouses that were built on modified towers
> > > normally used for oil rigs that are more than 12
> > > miles from the coast. Sadly, both automated
> > lights
> > > have gone out, and they are not that sturdy
> after
> > > nearly 40 years. The one at the end of Diamond
> > > Shoals is visible from the Cape Hatteras
> > lighthouse.
> > > The one at Frying Pan Shoals near Cape Fear is
> > > further out. There's info at the bottom of this
> > > page:
> > http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/nc.htm
> > >
> > >
> > > Barrier islands can slowly move over time.
> > > Hatteras Island is slowly moving westward toward
> > the
> > > mainland. Does the territorial limit retreat
> with
> > > it? Or for that matter, could a country extend
> > its
> > > waters by using landfill to make strategic
> > > peninsulas?
> > >
> > > Eric
> > > Carrboro, NC
> > >
> > > Seÿffffe1n O'Connell <gleannmaghair@...>
> > wrote:
> > > Does anyone know of any oil rigs, lighthouses,
> > or
> > > other man-made 'territories' in international
> > waters
> > > (i.e. outside of the 12-mile territorial limit
> of
> > > sovereign states).
> > >
> > > My own research has come up dry.
> > >
> > > Sean O'Connell
> > > Vancouver, BC
>
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