As I said before, the "49th parallel as recently located using global
positioning systems" is pretty silly since topo maps have shown it just
like that for 30 years at least!
You can see this on the TIGER map server
http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapsurfer?act=in&infact=2&outfact=2&off=CITIES&on=GRID&tlevel=-&tvar=-&tmeth=i&mlat=48.98912&mlon=-122.75814&msym=redpin&mlabel=Blaine%2C+WA&murl=&lat=49.0012932&lon=-122.7319336&wid=0.031&ht=0.031&conf=mapnew.con&map.x=208&map.y=192
if the URL doesn't work, start at
http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse-tbl/
scroll down, type in Blaine WA, then zoom in, and also check
"grid (lat/long)" "on".
David
On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Doug Murray for StockPhotosOnline.com wrote:
> I found the original item I had read at:
> http://hotwired.lycos.com/netizen/96/53/special4a.html
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> And with a little digging, it looks like the case is still in progress. It was on the docket for Sept 11th, but may have been changed due to the events of that day.
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> State Boundary-Northern Boundary-Forty-Ninth Parallel-Location by Global Positioning Systems-Discrepancy Between Location of Parallel and Marked U.S.-Canada Boundary
> Whether this state's courts have jurisdiction over crimes committed south of the established border between the United States and Canada, but north of the 49th parallel as recently located using global positioning systems.
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> No. 69417-6, State (respondent) v. Norman (appellant). (9/11/01)
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> Source: http://www.courts.wa.gov/courts/supreme/issues/2001sep.cfm#P256_13008
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