Peter wrote:

>[On other maps] Buesingen boundary marker no. 7 is on the
>north side of the road, just like nos. 6, 8, and 9, leaving
>this road entirely in Germany [..] But on this map
>[Dorfplan Dörflingen], no. 7 is on the south side!

I'd like to argue that the road has actually been moved.

First, take a look at the comparison of maps recently
posted to BoundaryPoint, here:
http://images.enclaves.org/busingen/Map_Comparison.jpg

Note that there is a slight difference in the appearance
of the road between marker 9 and marker 6. On the 1966
map, the road seems to have a sharper bend than on the
1988 map.

Note also that marker 6 seems to be located on the north
side of the road, on both the 1966 and the 1988 maps.

I'd say this was the case in 1966, but now take a look
at where marker 6 is located now (and has been since 1977):

http://images.enclaves.org/busingen/B_marker_6,I.jpg
http://images.enclaves.org/busingen/B_marker_6,II.jpg
The upper arrow points at marker 5, the lower at marker 6,
which appears to be a bronze plaque in the middle of
the road.

And here is a close-up of marker 6:
http://images.enclaves.org/busingen/B_marker_6,III_close-up.jpg

Marker 5, which is engraved with the year 1839, can be
seen from a closer distance here:
http://images.enclaves.org/busingen/B_marker_5,I.jpg
http://images.enclaves.org/busingen/B_marker_5,II.jpg

And marker 7, now on the south side of the road but
still with the year 1839, is here:
http://images.enclaves.org/busingen/B_marker_7.jpg

Marker 9, further west, was apparently replaced when
the road was reconstructed, as shown here:
http://images.enclaves.org/busingen/B_marker_9.jpg

This leads to the conclusion that the "Dorfplan Dörflingen"
best shows this part of the border, whereas "Landkarte
der Schweiz" from 1988 isn't very good at it. But no
map has placed marker 6 where it truly belongs -
in the middle of the road.

We know Jesper's rule number 1:
"The locals don't know."

Is there a Jesper's rule 2, being:
"The cartographers don't know."?

Mats