On Saturday 11 June 2016, gianfranco g wrote:
> Is the Gulf of Sidra or Sirte correctly mapped?
> I am not into territorial waters delimitation, can someone more
> expert than me cast a sight on it?
> Looks like (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Sidra) there is
> represented an internationally illegal territorial claim.
Maritime boundaries are inherently non-verifiable so in OSM they are
generally mapped based on claims, ideally the UNCLOS declarations. For
Libya:
http://www.un.org/depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/STATEFILES/LBY.htm
Such claims can of couse be disputed, conflicting with others or be
frivolous to a varying degree. But there is not really an objective
way to distinguish between 'real' and 'non-real' territorial waters or
legal and illegal territorial claims.
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Christoph Hormann
http://www.imagico.de/
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