1. Four Color Maps
    The presence of the Azerbaijani exclave (and many others) means that the present set of national boundaries on earth does not satisfy the prerequesites to
    Dec 05, 2003 @ 20:22 - Eric Choate ("Eric Choate" <choatune@...>)
  2. Re: Four Color Maps
    ... Probably not, actually. The gerrymandering takes such bizarre forms because the districts have to all be continuous. So if a district wants to include two
    Dec 06, 2003 @ 00:48 - adamnvillani ("adamnvillani" <avillani@...>)
  3. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps
    Adam, ... Don t forget Liberty Island and the original portion of Ellis Island, which are New York enclaves within New Jersey. Of course, a number of states
    Dec 06, 2003 @ 01:23 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  4. Re: Four Color Maps
    ... Island, which are ... have inlands ... not what you ... nominate Florida, ... actually those are all cases of islands rather than inlands the only known
    Dec 06, 2003 @ 18:00 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
  5. Re: Four Color Maps
    well i know this has been a perennially interesting question eric but how about first showing us a theoretical example of a topology requiring a 5th color &
    Dec 06, 2003 @ 19:32 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
  6. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps
    ... According to Van Zandt, the 1889 Act of Congress admitting the State of Washington specified its northern boundary running westward along the Canadian
    Dec 06, 2003 @ 19:34 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  7. Re: Four Color Maps
    you may be right indeed most maps i have seen indicate you are right but i was thinking the 3 mile limits imposed by the submerged lands act would probably
    Dec 06, 2003 @ 21:15 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
  8. Re: Four Color Maps
    ... I think I have constructed a hypothetical Asia that needs five colors: 1) Suppose that Bangladesh and Pakistan are still one country, which here I will
    Dec 06, 2003 @ 22:19 - Eric Choate ("Eric Choate" <choatune@...>)
  9. Re: Four Color Maps
    yes here in bus&ss the same source you are citing under territorial waters & the continental shelf it indicates this sla of 1953 ended all possibility for the
    Dec 06, 2003 @ 22:28 - m06079 ("m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>)
  10. Simpler map requiring 5 colors
    This is a simpler map. the two yellow squares are the same country and cannot be colored blue, green, or red. then the white country can t be colored red,
    Dec 06, 2003 @ 22:44 - Eric Choate (Eric Choate <choatune@yahoo.com>)
  11. RE: [BoundaryPoint] Simpler map requiring 5 colors
    ... hahaha you gotta be kidding about that one hahaha but now that you have given us the picture perhaps we could sell you on trying to color in a pre1959 map
    Dec 06, 2003 @ 23:25 - Michael Donner ("Michael Donner" <barbaria_longa@...>)
  12. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps
    You are probably correct. As a mathematical problem, the Four-Color Map Theorem has always ruled out jurisdictions that were in more than one segment. Lowell
    Dec 07, 2003 @ 01:33 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  13. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps
    Belatedly, I have now reviewed that particular part of Van Zandt s BUS&SS. While I can agree that Pacific coastal states can extend their territorial waters no
    Dec 07, 2003 @ 04:12 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  14. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps
    ... From: acroorca2002 To: Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 1:32 PM Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four
    Dec 07, 2003 @ 05:01 - John Seeliger ("John Seeliger" <jseelige@aaahawk.com>)
  15. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps
    Four colors will always suffice if none of the regions are fragmented. When you created that purple swath of E, you fragmented both C and E. When you make a
    Dec 07, 2003 @ 06:34 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  16. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps
    ... From: Lowell G. McManus To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 12:34 AM Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps Four
    Dec 07, 2003 @ 14:02 - John Seeliger ("John Seeliger" <jseelige@...>)
  17. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps
    I haven t experimented with the Azerbaijani fragment, but it is entirely conceivable that you can have fragmented regions and still get along with four colors.
    Dec 07, 2003 @ 14:59 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  18. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps
    As Ellis Island Old is totally enclaved in Ellis Island New in the land portion of the island, we cannot really consider Liberty Island in exactly the same
    Dec 07, 2003 @ 17:28 - Arif Samad (Arif Samad <fHoiberg@...>)
  19. Re: Four Color Maps
    ... that ... the ... four ... to ... be ... ok well now that you have thankfully caused such a riot eric it is good to return to your actual leading question
    Dec 07, 2003 @ 17:33 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
  20. Re: Four Color Maps
    ... BUS&SS. ... territorial ... argue that the ... i would not argue but i am pretty sure the sla actually says 3nm from coasts & doesnt necessarily specify
    Dec 07, 2003 @ 18:47 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
  21. Re: Four Color Maps
    ... shapes have been shown to require more colors. If I were to ever write a sci-fi novel, it will definitely have a planet shaped like a Klein bottle. It can
    Dec 07, 2003 @ 20:03 - Eric Choate ("Eric Choate" <choatune@...>)
  22. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps
    See below. ... From: acroorca2002 To: Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 12:47 PM Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re:
    Dec 08, 2003 @ 00:03 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  23. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps
    ... From: Lowell G. McManus To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 8:59 AM Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps I
    Dec 08, 2003 @ 00:11 - John Seeliger ("John Seeliger" <jseelige@...>)
  24. Re: Four Color Maps
    ... Zandt s ... internal ... the three ... Supremes as ... waters. ... ok as i say hahahaha you & all the maps could well be right the 3nm regime never enters
    Dec 08, 2003 @ 00:44 - m06079 ("m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>)
  25. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps
    ... I can t explain why the USGS maps of Cape Flattery lack the 3-nm line seaward. That is curious. However, the one at http://tinyurl.com/y69j clearly shows
    Dec 08, 2003 @ 01:36 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  26. Re: Four Color Maps
    right i knew that but again i dont know that these attributions are correct even if they are in the washington state constitution that way too ... these ...
    Dec 08, 2003 @ 02:01 - m06079 ("m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>)
  27. Re: Four Color Maps
    actually the usgs is quite inconsistent about showing the 3 mile limits & also about showing county & state lines in the sea it does close the mouths of
    Dec 08, 2003 @ 18:21 - m06079 ("m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>)
  28. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps
    ... From: m06079 To: Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 12:21 PM Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four
    Dec 09, 2003 @ 10:01 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  29. Re: Four Color Maps
    ... cape ... no closing ... the mainland ... undoubtedly ... enclaves within ... Alabama waters! why thank you & since one good raise deserves another pan out
    Dec 10, 2003 @ 00:01 - m06079 ("m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>)
  30. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps
    When I sent the URL of the purported federal enclaves, I was looking at the large view that shows all four of them. I have since gotten to the shallow
    Dec 10, 2003 @ 03:32 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  31. Re: Four Color Maps
    ... looking at the ... the shallow ... application of the ... Litigation ... internal waters ... notion, but ... boundary all ... behind the ... fascinating.
    Dec 10, 2003 @ 18:23 - m06079 ("m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>)
  32. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps
    ... From: m06079 To: Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 12:23 PM Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re:
    Dec 10, 2003 @ 20:01 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
  33. Re: Four Color Maps
    ... relevant ... anomalies ... coasts ... follows CAUS to ... surely be found ... today; ... the Union ... a line three ... international ... body of water ...
    Dec 10, 2003 @ 20:57 - m06079 ("m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>)
  34. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps
    ... From: Arif Samad To: Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four
    Dec 10, 2003 @ 21:58 - John Seeliger ("John Seeliger" <jseelige@...>)
  35. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Four Color Maps
    ... I see what you re saying, but consider this next line from the SLA: Any claim heretofore or hereafter asserted either by constitutional provision,
    Dec 11, 2003 @ 00:03 - Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)