[Talk-ca] Canadienne ou américaine, cette île?

[Connors, Bernie (SNB)]

Here is my 2 cents worth on the international maritime boundary issue in the Gulf of Maine:

·         The Canadian Coast Guard has operated navigational aids on Machias Seal Island for a very long time

·         I heard in the past that a US citizen in Maine holds a deed to Machias Seal Island – but that does not dictate sovereignty – if that were the case Canada would have sovereignty over many condos and vacation homes in Florida ;)

·         As a GIS manager working in the government of New Brunswick I always showed Machias Seal Island as being part of New Brunswick when I produced maps.

·         The Province of New Brunswick Included Machias Seal Island in several map products it has produced over the past few decades.

Bernie.
--
Bernie Connors, P.Eng
bernie.connors at unb.ca<mailto:bernie.connors at unb.ca>
New Maryland, NB

From: Bruno Remy [mailto:bremy.qc.ca at gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, 2012-12-23 17:20
To: Harald Kliems
Cc: talk-ca at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Canadienne ou américaine, cette île?


Good news : we're up-to-date.
Let's stay tuned and follow what both gov. will decide! ;-)

Bruno Remy
Le 2012-12-23 16:15, "Harald Kliems" <kliems at gmail.com<mailto:kliems at gmail.com>> a écrit :
I saw the coverage in the Gazette this morning and checked the border.
We indeed have border=disputed in the database, and it has been like
that for quite some time. Nominatim will return the island twice, one
with USA, one with Canada as the country.

 Harald.

On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Bruno Remy <bremy.qc.ca at gmail.com<mailto:bremy.qc.ca at gmail.com>> wrote:
> (english message will follow)
>
> À suivre de près:
>
> La Presse souligne un débat Géopolitique aux frontières du Maine(US) et du
> Nouveau-Brunswick: Le temps pour nous de vérifier la frontiète
> administrative ici!
>
> --
>
> Please follow this:
> "LaPresse" published a geo-politic debate on administrative bondaries
> beetween Maine(US) and New-Brunswick(CA).
> Time for us to check out the administrative bondaries around here!
>
> http://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/actualites/politique/201212/23/01-4606481-canadienne-ou-americaine-cette-ile.php
>
> Bruno Remy
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Talk-ca mailing list
> Talk-ca at openstreetmap.org<mailto:Talk-ca at openstreetmap.org>
> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
>



--
Please use encrypted communication whenever possible!
Key-ID: 0x199DC50F
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ca/attachments/20130107/e14eb69c/attachment-0001.html>