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OpenCage ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸŒ

10/ You might think that as such an old country as Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ has no border disputes, that everything has long since been settled.

But actually it does.

Switzerland, Austria ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น, and Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช have no formal agreement on the exact course of the border in Lake Constance

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Con

#geoweirdness

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OpenCage ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸŒ

11/ The ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany border was also the topic last year, when it was decided to change to using the middle of the Rhein rather than the deepest point in the river (which moved over time).

The result was Germany gained 8 meters on the historic Bad Sรคckingen wooden bridge

swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuertt

#geoweirdness

OpenCage ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸŒ replied to OpenCage

12/ As some of these maps have shown, there is a thriving OpenStreetMap community in Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ, and we had the pleasure of interviewing long-time community member Simon Poole @simon on our blog a few years back to learn more about the Alpine nationโ€™s rich opengeo culture:

blog.opencagedata.com/post/143

#OpenStreetMap

OpenCage ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸŒ replied to OpenCage

13/ Final point of Swiss #geoweirdness - As you may have noticed from the emojis in this thread, Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ is one of only two countries of the world with a square flag, the other being the Vatican ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ.

Nepal ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต also has a "non-standard" flag shape.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_

OpenCage ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸŒ replied to OpenCage

14/ That's it for our look at the #geoweirdness of Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ

Thanks for reading and sharing. What did we miss?

We have many more threads about specific countries and regions, border disputes, geocoding, etc over on our blog: blog.opencagedata.com/geothrea

If you liked Switzerland you may enjoy our threads about

Austria ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น
en.osm.town/@opencage/11044556

Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
en.osm.town/@opencage/10989192

Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
en.osm.town/@opencage/11115394

France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
en.osm.town/@opencage/10993004

14/ That's it for our look at the #geoweirdness of Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ

Thanks for reading and sharing. What did we miss?

We have many more threads about specific countries and regions, border disputes, geocoding, etc over on our blog: blog.opencagedata.com/geothrea

If you liked Switzerland you may enjoy our threads about

Simon Poole

@opencage I wouldn't call that a border dispute, just a difference of opinion on what would be the preferred solution if there were negotiations on the topic. But there are no such negotiations and everybody seems to be perfectly happy with the current state of affairs.

PS: and yes it isn't mapped correctly on #OpenStreetMap as there is no tagging for "not actually a border".

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