Le Journal | The Chihuahua's Word Are Canadian Maps the Worst in the World? |
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marquis de Oliveras sent us a detailled report about his exploration of
the Whistler area. He was using a 1:50,000 map published by ITMB (1).
Contour intervals represent 100 feet, which is about 30 m in elevation.
His hike from Cheakamus Lake to the cinder flats showed incredible mistakes. "The path climbing from Cheakamus River to the Cinder Flats looks very stupid. The cartographer drew it by hand without looking at what he was doing." The marquis pointed out the wide U-shape of each turn on the map when they have a sharp V-shape in reality. As a result, according to the map, the path is climbing 240 m and loosing 120 m at each turn. In reality, the path is constantly going up. The number of turns is absolutely whimsical and the map forgot a campground and a glacier. Worded indications are also wrong such as "Cable-Car Crossing" pointed by a red arrow. It is actually a suspension bridge and not a cable-car crossing. |
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black dotted line shows the path printed by ITBM and the red
one is the correction made by the marquis de Oliveras.
Surprised by such a density of mistakes, the marquis asked a blond Canadian individual if he was right to use a map or if it was safer to leave it at the retail store. The individual answered by shamelessly quoting Gilbert H. Grosvenor: "A map is the greatest of all epic poems. Its lines and colors show the realization of great dreams. (1)" The marquis |
replied he was not expecting dream from a map but precise topographic information. The individual said that
most Canadians did not know how to read maps and that nobody would ever
notice such insignificant details.
"What is the use of publishing updated maps if american units are not converted into international ones and if major recent and ancient details are omitted?" concluded the marquis. According to him, this is an example of how little Canadians care for details and display their poor sense of science. ![]() References (1) ITMB: www.itmb.com, October 8, 2006 |
| The Marquis' Eye Investing the Money of the Car |
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| Owning
a luxury vehicle is a necessity according to influent members of the
high Spanish society who have invested in car companies. However a
growing number of modern aristocrats of our century reject the vulgar
lifestyle associated to cars. Since private luxury vehicules are a sign
of wealth and a reward for individuals who managed to make a lot of
money in their life, aristocrats with family estates have no reason to
display any wealth, for their wealth consists more in cultural and
financial assets rather than an amount of monthly expenditure. These
assets are part of their genes and show up as a presence around them. I recently sold my Panhard et Levassor, a present from French marquis de Dion-Bouton to my grandfather. I was only using it from the door of my manor to the gate of the garden. I never drove any further since the municipality installed a bus stop at my gate. Moreover, it was only a 15 minute drive through my gardens. I am now riding my horse to reach the bus stop, which is more in the style of an aristocrat of my rank. I immediately invested the amount in art for fiscal reasons. I set up a foundation dedicated to |
promoting
the works of artists producing ethical artwork, that is to say
according to the bylaws, pictures that do not represent or promote
objects of last century that contributed to damage the planet and its
inhabitants. The pictures will be exposed at the Museum of the Marmola.![]() El Cangrejo Gargamelico, by Fra Olivieri, was accepted by the Fundación Oliveras since it does not represent anything unethical. Also see the Journal du Chihuahua n°11. |
The
savings due to the absence of the car will be used to improve the water
efficency of my garden and reduce the gas expenditures of the lawn
mowers in order not to fund countries that diplomacy tolerate and
ethics condemn. I will have 20 hectares of lawn removed in 2007 and I am planning to reduce my lawn area by 90% in the next 5 years. This will depend on the price of gas that will be used to calculate the money saved each year. The money of the insurance and maintenance of the car will be allocated to the installation of rainwater harvesting facilities to supply water to bathrooms and washing machines. In 2007, 1000 m2 of roof will send water into tanks. Then I am planning to upgrade my water treatment plant to use an extra surface of roof of 6500 m2 by year 2010. There will be 160 m3 available for the facilities not requirering drinking water and 1000 m3 of drinking water for my estates and neighbour houses. |
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