[Talk-ca] importing geobase data for the Canadian boarder

[James Ewen]

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Corey Burger <corey.burger at gmail.com> wrote:
>> For BC and Alberta, there are 3 - 4 different border lines with the US.
>
> This one is very very easy. It is the 49th parallel from lake of the
> woods to the straight of georgia.

No so little Grasshopper!

It's close to the 49th parallel, but not quite. In a perfect world, it
would be the 49th parallel as per the agreements of 1818 and 1846, but
back when the line was physically laid out, the technology was not
quite sub-centimeter accuracy.

My family wasn't exactly that accurate with their homesteading either,
hence the split with half my family becoming American citizens, and
the other staying on the good side of the line...

BTW, Paul, if this list were set up to allow replies to go to the list
rather than individuals, you would not receive two copies.
Unfortunately the moderator set the list up to direct discussions away
from the list, rather than to allow easy replies that stay on the
list.

James
VE6SRV