08-21-2009, 03:42 AM
Maps generally mean nothing.
I can show you a Hawaii map from 1980 showing a road owned by the State of Hawaii. I can show you a 2000 map showing that same road as being owned by the County of Hawaii after a State transfer. But that road is neither State nor County owned/operated property; it is privately owned and held. So maps are nothing but labels on a piece of paper. What matters is the legal trail of ownership.
I can show you a Hawaii map from 1980 showing a road owned by the State of Hawaii. I can show you a 2000 map showing that same road as being owned by the County of Hawaii after a State transfer. But that road is neither State nor County owned/operated property; it is privately owned and held. So maps are nothing but labels on a piece of paper. What matters is the legal trail of ownership.