<div dir="ltr">Possibly useful context:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_v._New_York">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_v._New_York</a><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 9:30 AM Richard Welty <<a href="mailto:rwelty@averillpark.net">rwelty@averillpark.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 5/10/15 11:57 AM, Richard Welty wrote:<br>
> On 5/10/15 11:31 AM, Frederik Ramm wrote:<br>
>> Hi,<br>
>><br>
>> puzzled about<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37573502#map=18/40.69986/-74.03910" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37573502#map=18/40.69986/-74.03910</a><br>
>><br>
>> is this really part of today's political boundary, then "(historical)"<br>
>> should perhaps be removed from the name. And is there any significance<br>
>> to the funny shape (an owl sitting on a branch?) or should it rather be<br>
>> aligned with the coastline?<br>
>><br>
> this looks like a carve out, a tiny enclave of NYS/NYC surrounded by<br>
> New Jersey. i'll look at the newer TIGER data in a little bit and see<br>
> what i can see there.<br>
now that i have thought about it, Ellis Island is mostly fill. the political<br>
boundary likely matches the original waterline of the island and it<br>
was simply never changed. as it was operated by the Federal government,<br>
there was probably little motivation to do so.<br>
<br>
richard<br>
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