Hi everyone, I'd like to bump up this topic.
Basically, I would like to suggest that we remove the boundary=administrative and admin_level=2 tag from this boundary. (The boundary data itself remains, but not the tags marking it as a country boundary.) Here are my reasons: 1. I couldn't find the legal basis for the northern treaty limit. The original 1898 treaty says the limit is 20°N but this excludes Batanes. Also the 1900 treaty does not give any coordinates. 2. The treaty limit includes the island of Palmas/Miangas which has been determined by an international court to be part of Indonesia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_Palmas_Case 3. Removing the tags will not affect the country since we already have another boundary=administrative + admin_level=2 polygon marking the country's territorial sea under the UNCLOS. What do you all think? On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:07 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi guys, > > I guess all of you know about the "treaty limits" boundary of the > Philippines. This was derived from 3 documents: > > 1. 1898 Treaty of > Paris<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_%281898%29>(full > text <https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_%281898%29>) > > 2. 1900 Treaty of > Washington<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Washington_(1900)> > > 3. 1930 Convention Between the United States and Great > Britain<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_Between_the_United_States_and_Great_Britain_%281930%29> > > The question is, where the heck did we arrive at setting the northern > treaty limit at somewhere around 21.5°N? Looking at all 3 documents, the > closest thing we have is the 1898 treaty which says "A line running from > west to east along or near the twentieth parallel of north latitude". 20°N > is a far cry from 21.5°N. Note that the 20°N latitude actually excludes > Batanes and thus this was corrected by the 1900 treaty. However this 2nd > treaty does not say anything about moving any boundary lines but only says > that Philippine islands outside the 1898 boundary lines that were > controlled by Spain are given to the United States. > > So what gives? > >
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