1. Poor border mapping example and straight borders
    Somebody once asked and got no answer: Is there any straight line borders in Europe? . And offcourse the answer is yes . For in between two points along a
    Apr 18, 2003 @ 14:01 - Jesper Nielsen ("Jesper Nielsen" <jesniel@image.dk>)
  2. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Poor border mapping example and straight borders
    its from the kurische nehrung , i guess, regards, chris ... From: Jesper Nielsen To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 4:01 PM
    Apr 18, 2003 @ 14:14 - Chris Schulz ("Chris Schulz" <23568@...>)
  3. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Poor border mapping example and straight borders
    Jesper, ... The Vatican and Gibraltar both have straight lines as part of their international borders. Of course, these are little more than a few metres in
    Apr 18, 2003 @ 19:24 - Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell <kevin@...>)
  4. Re: Poor border mapping example and straight borders
    ok jesper another attractive question & assuming chris is right about it being the curonian spit which i do then i figure you are talking maybe only 5km here
    Apr 18, 2003 @ 20:53 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
  5. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Poor border mapping example and straight borders
    Yes Curonian neck is right. PLRU seems straight, but looking at a good map will indicate line drawn with vodka in the blood. Attached section of straight line
    Apr 18, 2003 @ 21:00 - Jesper Nielsen ("Jesper Nielsen" <jesniel@image.dk>)
  6. Re: Poor border mapping example and straight borders
    ok nice so then which of all these straight lines including your original example is the longest wasnt that the direction of your question or did you really
    Apr 18, 2003 @ 21:54 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
  7. Re: Poor border mapping example and straight borders
    ... He means that the border there is straight all the way, which doesn t seem to be perfectly depicted, to say the least, on that map.
    Apr 18, 2003 @ 22:45 - Karolis B. ("Karolis B." <kbajoraz@...>)
  8. Re: Poor border mapping example and straight borders
    ... you ... doesn t ... ok thanx so evidently we are talking more like 10km than 5km of straight border there which will be much harder to surpass even on plru
    Apr 18, 2003 @ 23:47 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
  9. Re: Poor border mapping example and straight borders
    ... no no, not ten, more like five. But another candidate is the Curonian Lagoon. It depends if you consider it internal or external waters. Law of the Sea
    Apr 19, 2003 @ 16:44 - Karolis B. ("Karolis B." <kbajoraz@...>)
  10. Re: Poor border mapping example and straight borders
    ... straight ... ohh ok i was imagining that was all a single straight line candidate but evidently you mean there is a deflection between neck & lagoon
    Apr 19, 2003 @ 21:20 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
  11. Re: Poor border mapping example and straight borders
    ... I ve heard it described as Stalins Schwertschlag (Stalin s sword stroke). Is it known how it was exactly decided? I have this image of someone drawing a
    Apr 20, 2003 @ 16:39 - anorak222 ("anorak222" <listen@...>)
  12. Re: Poor border mapping example and straight borders
    ... indicate line drawn with vodka in the blood. ... sword stroke). Is it known how it was exactly decided? stalin said he wanted konigsberg for reparations &
    Apr 20, 2003 @ 21:11 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
  13. Re: (...) straight borders -> PLRU
    Great that you bring this one up again, Jesper, since this was the very first question I asked here at BP. Never got an answer as far as I can remember, but it
    Apr 22, 2003 @ 22:57 - Peter Smaardijk ("Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@...>)
  14. Re: (...) straight borders -> PLRU
    ... the ... far as ... comprehensive on ... yes great & difficult as you say but message 9768 which you may have missed or forgotten does answer rather well
    Apr 23, 2003 @ 03:00 - acroorca2002 ("acroorca2002" <orc@...>)
  15. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: (...) straight borders -> PLRU
    I cannot find a Szczurków anywhere near a border? Anybody? Jesper ... And in Szczurków it happened that the boundary ran straight through a shed - writes
    Apr 23, 2003 @ 04:44 - Jesper Nielsen ("Jesper Nielsen" <jesniel@...>)
  16. Re: (...) straight borders -> PLRU
    I thought I d check for you, and it took me less than a second with my marvellous :)) Baltic road atlas. Try Szczurkowo. Almost right on the border. Road 512
    Apr 23, 2003 @ 07:35 - Karolis B. ("Karolis B." <kbajoraz@...>)
  17. Re: (...) straight borders -> PLRU
    Yes, my mistake. A case of grammatical case, that can lead to either Szczurków or Szczurkowo as the neutral form. I should have checked on a map first. Peter
    Apr 23, 2003 @ 09:58 - Peter Smaardijk ("Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@...>)
  18. Re: (...) straight borders -> PLRU
    ... either ... on ... no, it drives me nuts when I think that they could be using the wonderful Slavic invention that half of Europe has adopted... -
    Apr 23, 2003 @ 22:40 - Karolis B. ("Karolis B." <kbajoraz@...>)
  19. Re: (...) straight borders -> PLRU
    Hmm, Szczurków. Do you mean, that in polish szczurek means little rat? So, in Szczurkowo/Szczurków you should meet a lot of rats ;))))))))))))))
    Apr 25, 2003 @ 12:11 - krasnalpl ("krasnalpl" <kroc@...>)
  20. Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: (...) straight borders -> PLRU
    Szczurkowo is the village from the map of message 9744: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/9744 Jesper ... From: Peter Smaardijk To:
    Apr 25, 2003 @ 17:37 - Jesper Nielsen ("Jesper Nielsen" <jesniel@...>)