Colleagues,
Does anyone have any information on a possible boundary correction in recent years between Belgium and Germany that appears to have moved their boundary so that it no longer bisected a hunting lodge/restaurant called "Zum Jägerhaus" in the Belgian commune of Burg-Reuland, just north of Luxemburg?
Thank you
Brendan Whyte
Geography Dept
University of Melbourne
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> Dear Colleagues,
>
> According to a press release of 14 June, Norway has modified its 1935
> straight baseline system, which was the origin of such modern claims. The
> entire release can be found at Norwegian Foreign Ministry website
> (www.odin.dep.no). The portion below seems to suggest that the modifications
> will be slight:
>
> "The new regulations update and make technical adjustments to the baseline
> points. Since the regulations of 1935 and 1952 were adopted, geodetic
> methodologies and surveying have been revolutionized. It was therefore
> necessary to update the baselines using recent physical observations and
> calculations made possible by modern technology. Recent studies show that
> these advances also made it possible to simplify the system by reducing the
> number of baseline points.
>
> "The system for calculating the data has also been updated and converted to
> the geodetic datum WGS 84 (World Geodetic System 1984), also known as EUREF
> 89. Norway started using EUREF 89 in January 1993, and it is the basis for
> modern satellite-based navigation.
>
> "The regulations will enter into force on 1 July 2002."
>
> On 15 March 2002, the Norwegian government also proposed that parliament
> extend the breadth of the Norwegian territorial sea from 4 to 12 nautical
> miles, according to a press release also on the Norwegian website.
>
> I have not been able to locate the coordinates of the revised straight
> baseline on the Foreign Ministry website or the UN DOALOS website, or confirm
> that the parliament has changed the territorial sea breadth. If anyone can
> supply that information, I would appreciate it.
>
> Regards,
> Dan Dzurek
>
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