Subject: Re: S.Africa & Lux
Date: Jul 10, 2001 @ 08:35
Author: Peter Smaardijk ("Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@...>)
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> According to my Luxemburg 1:50 k maps, there is a pillar at thenorthern end
> of the short Fr-Lu stretch of the Moselle, just off the NW tip ofan island
> in the river, although the registration of colours on the map issuspect so
> it may be on the island if the black layer has not been printedexactly in
> the right place.There is a boundary marker in Schengen, on the west bank of the
> The boundary from there north up the Moselle and then the Our tothe
> "Belgian Lx-Ger triple is shown not as a series of crosses down themiddle
> of the river, but short series of crosses first on one bank thenthe other.
> IN one place where the Our has been dammed, the crossess appear tobe in the
> river, not on the bank, possibly because the original banks arestill the
> boundary, but also possibly a reigstration problwem in printing orwouldn't want
> cartographic error, as the lake twists around a lot, so you
> the crosses obscuring the tight contours on the banks.down the
> For the Bel-Ger border on the Our, the crosses again form a line
> middle of the river. Thus the entire wet section of the BLux-Gerboundary
> appears to be condominium, not just the Moselle.I have one, R3 (the R series are normal 1:20k topo maps, but with
> I am guessing the condo has csomething to do with the stastyus of
> international river, like the Rhine or Paraguay.
>
> We don't have 1:20k maps. Does anyone else?
>Peter S.
> BW