http://tinyurl.com/elnynj Zoom in on Ellis Island - any guesses if the border is accurate? Asher Samuels...
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David Kendall
dhkendall
Dec 2, 2009 4:08 pm
... According to the article here: http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc99/proceed/papers/pap138/p138.htm it looks pretty close - which I'm...
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Magnus Lundin
m998_lundin
Dec 2, 2009 4:11 pm
This site has a similiar map: http://blog.proud-geek.com/2007/08/09/strange-maps-ellis-island-is-not-quite-in-new-york/ -Magnus...
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Dallen Timothy
dtimoth
Dec 2, 2009 4:24 pm
I was going to say, it looks pretty accurate, so good on Google Maps for being fairly accurate!! I was on Ellis Island in 2001 and searched for any sign of the...
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Jesper Nielsen
jesniel
Dec 2, 2009 8:53 pm
Didn’t you go there yourself with Michael Donner getting arrested for drawing the boundary line with chalk? Jesper _____ Fra: borderpoint@yahoogroups.com...
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Magnus Lundin
m998_lundin
Dec 2, 2009 8:59 pm
Arrested by whom? ;-) -Magnus ... Arrested by whom? ;-) -Magnus On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Jesper Nielsen < jesper@... > wrote: Didn’t you...
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Jesper Nielsen
jesniel
Dec 2, 2009 9:03 pm
Police probably. Jesper _____ Fra: borderpoint@yahoogroups.com [mailto:borderpoint@yahoogroups.com] PĂĄ vegne af Magnus Lundin Sendt: 2. december 2009 22:00 ...
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Jesper Nielsen
jesniel
Dec 2, 2009 9:14 pm
Full story: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/10774 _____ Fra: borderpoint@yahoogroups.com [mailto:borderpoint@yahoogroups.com] PĂĄ vegne af...
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Lowell G. McManus
lowellgmcmanus
Dec 2, 2009 9:24 pm
Park Rangers, as I recall. Lowell G. McManus Eagle Pass, Texas, USA ... From: Jesper Nielsen To: borderpoint@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009...
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Magnus Lundin
m998_lundin
Dec 2, 2009 9:32 pm
From which jurisdiction? ;-) -Magnus ... From which jurisdiction? ;-) -Magnus On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Jesper Nielsen < jesper@... > wrote: ...
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Chris Merlo
cmerlo441
Dec 2, 2009 9:33 pm
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Jesper Nielsen <jesper@...> wrote: ... Seems like you were detained, not arrested. Cool story, though! When was ...
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Lou
loumarchuk
Dec 2, 2009 11:10 pm
Doesn't look bad. You should contact Jersey City as they have the coordinates for all the points. I am somewhat familiar with the boundary. Lou Marchuk NJPLS...
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David L. Langenberg
gallienus2000
Dec 3, 2009 12:26 am
Yes, more or less. A recent court decision awarded New York the original area of Ellis Island and New Jersey all those later enlargements due to landfill,...
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Lowell G. McManus
lowellgmcmanus
Dec 3, 2009 1:07 am
It wasn't really all that recent. The date of the U. S. Supreme Court decision was May 26, 1998. Even before that, all acknowledged that both Ellis and...
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Diego González
fronterasblog
Dec 3, 2009 9:21 am
WOW. I didn't know anything about this, what a great story. With your permission, i'm going to make a post for my blog. I was in New York last year in my honey...
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Kevin Flynn
flynnrmn
Dec 3, 2009 4:10 pm
Actually, I see many areas where the Google Maps line does not match the lines shown in the several articles that several other members have posted... check...
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Leonard
lnadybal
Dec 3, 2009 11:43 pm
Anyplace else on Earth at the moment with a horizontal (or other than perpendicular, riverain or litoral) boundary? We know about TexMex bridges - any others...
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Rob B
rbftravel
Dec 5, 2009 12:24 pm
Yep, I'm still here; haven't checked the postings in a few years, actually. But I do live now in Derby Line/Stanstead. The house purchase n Beebe Plain I wrote...
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d3vb0y@...
d3vb0y
Dec 5, 2009 2:04 pm
Rob, What has happened to access to the Haskell Free Public Library and Opera House, which sits on the border and only had entrances on the U.S. side of the...
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Barry Arnold
barry_432
Dec 5, 2009 2:40 pm
During my 4 days in Lithuania I visited 4 border crossings with Belarus, from the small rural crossing at Norviliąkěs to the major external EU transit points...
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Goyta' F. Villela...
goytabr
Dec 5, 2009 2:48 pm
... If I understood it well, you are asking about "3D" borders, in which the vertical position matters - they don't go from the centre of the earth to outer...
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Goyta' F. Villela...
goytabr
Dec 5, 2009 3:00 pm
... I thought you could live together anywhere in Canada, which recognises same-sex marriage and partnerships. I thought immigration of a foreign partner would...
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Rob B
rbftravel
Dec 5, 2009 3:19 pm
That street is still open. You can walk to the library from either country and walk back to the same country without reporting to customs....
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Rob B
rbftravel
Dec 5, 2009 3:27 pm
You're right about Uganda! Yes, same sex marriage is legal in Canada, and in Vermont, for that matter. However, due to my not having a professional license to...
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Leonard
lnadybal
Dec 5, 2009 4:42 pm
Hi, Goyta, After the question about the Stahnsdorfer Bridge in Steinstuecken surfaced, I visited the city hall in the area of Berlin to ask about the ownership...
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Leonard
lnadybal
Dec 5, 2009 4:44 pm
There's a detailed official German border map of the Stahnsdorfer bridge location in the Berlin folder in the Photos library. Len...
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Leonard
lnadybal
Dec 5, 2009 4:48 pm
Does anyone know of an international bridge that is a drawbridge, perhaps a "swinging"; one rather than lifting one, where the portion in one country swings...
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Christopher Merlo
cmerlo441
Dec 5, 2009 7:06 pm
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Rob B <rbftravel@...> wrote: ... Is this the house you mean? http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmerlo441/1976911951/ (That's...
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Rob B
rbftravel
Dec 5, 2009 8:58 pm
Yep, that's the place. Actually the property has two buildings, the brick one you are in front of and a larger white frame house behind it. Both straddle the...
