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NZ helps in
African border dispute
Mar-24-2008
A four-decades-long African border
dispute is a step closer to being
resolved thanks to help from New
Zealand.
 Surveyors have mapped the border between
Ethiopia and Eritrea, using
specially-designed maps provided by
Wellington-based company, Terralink.
The Eritrea and Ethiopia dispute has
kept out those trying to help, for a
long time.
"There was political difficulties in
getting out to the site, both from a
transport point of view, from a security
point of view, and we were just unable
to get access to the border," says Bill
Robertson, Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary
Commission.
So, surveyors turned to Terralink.
Instead of planting pegs in the African
soil, the border was mapped right from
Cuba Street in Wellington using 3D
mapping technology.
"It's almost as good as being in the
field and there's no mosquitoes," says
Robertson.
Robertson flew 1400 kilometres of the
boundary and says it's tough land.
"It's very early historic Africa we're
dealing in, very high plateaux and
lowlands so it's a difficult boundary,
big gorges and ravines," he says.
The mapped border is currently with the
Border Commission for a final decision.
In the meantime, Terralink's Mike Donald
says New Zealand is not missing out on
the technology.
"We have quite a few farmers that have
their large, larger farms put into the
3D model," he says.
Wellington surveyors are now working to
settle another African border dispute
between Nigeria and Cameroon.
Source: ONE News |
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