[Talk-us] New York, Ellis Island Boundary

[Richard Welty]

On 5/10/15 11:31 AM, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
>
>    puzzled about
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37573502#map=18/40.69986/-74.03910
>
> is this really part of today's political boundary, then "(historical)"
> should perhaps be removed from the name. And is there any significance
> to the funny shape (an owl sitting on a branch?) or should it rather be
> aligned with the coastline?
>
this looks like a carve out, a tiny enclave of NYS/NYC surrounded by
New Jersey. i'll look at the newer TIGER data in a little bit and see
what i can see there.

richard

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