[Talk-us] New York, Ellis Island Boundary

[Kevin Kenny]

On 05/11/2015 08:37 PM, stevea wrote:
> Re: [Talk-us] New York, Ellis Island Boundary
> Jim McAndrew <jim at loc8.us> writes:
>> This is correct, the island is part of NY, but the water is part of 
>> NJ, when they made the island bigger, the new land was in NJ.
>>
>> Similar to how Delaware has the entire Delaware Bay in its 
>> boundaries. They added some fill to the NJ side, and now there's a 
>> piece of Delaware connected to New Jersey:
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/39.6142/-75.5635
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finns_Point
>
> Might explain how OpenCycleMap is off in spots at z=9 with state names 
> at Pennsylvania/Maryland/Delaware (Delaware is a long way from 
> Cumberland).  I'm not aware of the history or explanation of that, so 
> perhaps I could have better read up on bug reports, Andy (Allan).

I suspect that what's messing that up is the small spit of New Jersey 
north and west of Oldmans Creek.
http://kbk.is-a-geek.net/catskills/karl.html?la=39.7999&lo=-75.3995&z=13 
shows it in enough detail to show how lettering on the boundary would be 
tricky to render.

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73 de ke9tv/2, Kevin