---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 16:15:58 +0200 From: Andreas Mahn <[log in to unmask]> To: 'Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum' <[log in to unmask]> Subject: AW: Humor needed (fwd) You'll find the story in a book called "How to Travel With a Salmon & Other Essays" by Umberto Eco. Cheers, Andreas ................................................. Andreas Mahn dds GmbH Stumpfstr.1 76185 Karlsruhe Germany Tel.: +49 - (0)721 - 9651406 Fax: +49 - (0)721 - 9651419 http://www.dds.ptv.de/ ....................... [log in to unmask] >---------- >Von: Johnnie Sutherland[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Antwort an: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum >Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. September 1998 15:47 >An: [log in to unmask] >Betreff: Re: Humor needed (fwd) > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 12:29:29 +1000 >From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]> >To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Humor needed (fwd) > > >>I remember a story (it may have been from Lewis Carroll, the author of >>Alice in Wonderland) who wrote about a place that had a superb map of the >>countryside. Unlike ordinary maps, which usually are one inch=one mile >>(or some other scale), this one had a scale of 1:1 (that's right...one >>inch=one inch). However, they couldn't use the map very often, because >>the farmers complained that it blocked out the sun. >> >This was either Carroll, or Oscar wilde. I would like to know the exact >reference if anyone knows. It isn't in 'Alice' itself anyway. >If memory serves, it was a Brit and a German talking about which country >had the better maps. The Brit said they'd mapped the UK at an inch to a >mile, and the German said they'd done 4 inches to a mile. The Brit replied >they'd nearly finished 10 inches to the mile, and the german smiled, saying >they had a 1:1 map of all of germany. The Brit asked if they'd ever laid it >out, but the german said the farmers protested to much. >Something like that anyway. > >Brendan Whyte >