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Old 4th Nov 2012, 09:04
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Heathrow Harry
 
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the problem is that there were NEVER any surveyors in a lot of the areas in dispute

the locals weren't into making maps and hold local allegiances - to monasteries, tribes etc

The maps used for many of the lines were put together from tales from a mixture of big-game hunters, traders and pilgrims traveling through some bloody dreadful country.

First thing to do is to send surveyors ( mix from both sides and some neutrals) to make a map that everyone can agree on

THEN the politicians sit down and agree where the boundary is

THEN you send the surveyors out again to demarcate it on the ground

something for that lot in Hermitage to get on with
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