randy
mapless at the moment but i would like to guess on your anchorage question
i think i am qualified because i once actually won a shotgun in anchorage by
correctly stating it is closer to tokyo than chicago
or maybe it was new york
i forget now
anyway is your correct answer pyongyang
or maybe ulan bator
if i can have another guess again now too
in any case a very nice question
i would also like to add a footnote to your excellent reverie
that just because capital cities are almost always somewhat centrally
located doesnt mean they cant also be situated upon the boundaries of the
entities they head
except for situations where the capital is practically the same as the whole
country
like monte carlo or singapore
i dont think there is a clear worldclass example of what i am talking about
but within the usa my own native state of new jersey not only offers in its
capital city trenton a perfect example but also features a typically
imposing state house whose front windows gaze hardly upon new jersey at all
but oops almost entirely out of state into pennsylvania
not sure but perhaps only the vatican may come close to duplicating such an
unselfish act as this
m
>From: "m donner" <maxivan82@...>
>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] redoing boundaries.
>Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 18:56:55 +0000
>
>hahahahahaha
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>
>
>
> >From: "Randy Finder" <naraht@...>
> >Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> >To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [BoundaryPoint] redoing boundaries.
> >Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 16:31:34 -0000
> >
> >Let every nation put a single marker in its capitol with exact co-
> >ordinates known. Then change the boundaries between the countries so
> >that each country contains only those lands where the closest marker
> >is the one in the country's capitol.
> >
> >This would mean, for example, that Canada would be Maine (and some of
> >the rest of New England), Cuba get florida since all of florida is
> >closer to havana than DC. Los Angeles ends up in Mexico, which in
> >turn loses pieces to Guatemala & Belize. France loses land to most of
> >its neighbors including Andora (which picks up most of SW france).
> >
> >Anyone know which national capital Anchorage Alaska is closest to?
> >
> >While China picks up some of Russia, the big winner there is
> >Kazakhstan. Germany picks up a little bit of Poland, but loses land
> >to Denmark, Austria and the Netherlands...
> >
> >
> >Any other neat transfers?
> >
> >
> >BTW, the only two countries that I can think might stay the same are
> >Iceland (if you treat Greenland as independent) and New Zealand.
> >
> >
> >RandolphFinder
> >
>
>
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