From the Help page, user kurtrad writes: > "A friend of mine says the Monterey/Santa Cruz county line in openstreets 3 > miles out to sea that travels from the mouth of the pajaro river to the north > south california boundary line is wrong. In openstreetsmap the line travels > west, south, west. My friend says the line should travel directly west."
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=11/36.8266/-121.9009 "I have a friend who says the openstreets map county line between Monterey and Santa Cruz is wrong according to a 1927 California Supreme Court Ruling." > "Comments: Official boundaries of Monterey-Santa Cruz, as determined by the > California Supreme Court in Ocean Industries v. Superior Court of California, > in and for Santa Cruz County (1927) 200 Cal. 235. The decision held that > Monterey Bay as a "closed bay" under law, and there is treated as if it were > land for purposes of State and County jurisdiction -- which, in the case, > held that Santa Cruz County could enforce fishing regulations in SCZ waters > in Monterey Bay more than 3 miles offshore." "I have a longish discussion at http://creagrus.home.montereybay.com/MtyBay-boundaries.html"; > "Government Code section 23127 defines Monterey County as "beginning in the > Pacific Ocean, at the southwest corner of Santa Cruz [County]; thence east to > the mouth of the Pajaro River". Likewise, section 23144 defines Santa Cruz > County, in pertinent part, as "westerly along said [Pajaro] River" along the > northern line of San Benito and Monterey "to the Bay of Monterey, and three > miles westerly into the ocean." > "The ... map shows a line across Monterey Bay in this tiny sliver of the Bay > that runs not > "west-east" but about WSW-ENE and connects up with the > "nearest point of land" line at the 3 mile limit west of Monterey Bay." > "To see images go to > http://creagrus.home.montereybay.com/MtyBay-boundaries.html"; Does anyone want to look into this? - Joseph _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
