Subject: Re: markers on river banks<br/>
Date: Jul 31, 2001 @ 13:33<br/>
Author: Peter Smaardijk (&quot;Peter Smaardijk&quot; &lt;smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1179000291">I think it&#39;s the same as in Europe. The only thing that puzzles me <br/>
are the boundary markers along the delu condominial rivers. They make <br/>
less sense to me, because the condominium boundary can easily be <br/>
marked at the exact location of the boundary. Maybe they are a bit <br/>
further up the river bank to protect them from flooding? But in that <br/>
case they could have been placed higher up still, because where they <br/>
are standing now they are not secure, too.<br/>
<br/>
BTW: Wolfgang mentions exactly the same purpose for these markers as <br/>
you do: &quot;indirekte Vermarkung, auch Abzielsteine&quot; (see <br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/files/delu/BorderPointemai">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/files/delu/BorderPointemai</a><br/>
l.doc ).<br/>
<br/>
The &quot;neutral roads&quot; along denl are a bit like rivers, too, with the <br/>
boundary marker pairs on both side of them. I think in these cases <br/>
the boundary follows the middle of the road, but you don&#39;t want to <br/>
but your markers there, of course.<br/>
<br/>
Peter S.<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., Dallen Timothy &lt;dtimothy@a...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Hi Everyone,<br/>
&gt; Some of the recent discussions on markers along the banks of border <br/>
rivers<br/>
&gt; has intrigued me.  I&#39;m not sure about why they are located along <br/>
some rivers<br/>
&gt; in Europe, but along US-Canada riverine borders, border markers are <br/>
located<br/>
&gt; along the riverfronts.  They are erected and maintained by the <br/>
International<br/>
&gt; Boundary Commission.  Maybe the best example is the Detroit River <br/>
between<br/>
&gt; Michigan and Ontario.  The purpose of these &#39;border markers&#39; is not <br/>
to mark<br/>
&gt; the precise location, but instead to serve as reference points that <br/>
can<br/>
&gt; assist surveyors in finding the exact border in the river.  Maybe <br/>
they have<br/>
&gt; the same purpose in Europe.  What do you think?<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Dallen </span></blockquote></div>