Subject: Re: Poor border mapping example and straight borders<br/>
Date: Apr 20, 2003 @ 16:39<br/>
Author: anorak222 (&quot;anorak222&quot; &lt;listen@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-772397783">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;Jesper Nielsen&quot; &lt;jesniel@i...&gt; wrote:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; PLRU seems straight, but looking at a good map will indicate line drawn with vodka in the blood.<br/>
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 </span></blockquote>I&#39;ve heard it described as &quot;Stalins Schwertschlag&quot; (Stalin&#39;s sword stroke). Is it known how it was exactly decided? I have this image of someone drawing a line with a ruler, and when they noticed that the line would run through existing towns, they added little bends. How was it really done? Who drew the border?<br/>
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Regards</div>