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When you cross the Pyrenees to explore the passes of our Spanish neighbours, you are often surprised by the differences between the data provided by the map and that provided by the pass signs or the altimeter. You have a choice of three different altitudes, some of them very different.
Le m\u00e8tre n’aurait-il pas la m\u00eame longueur en Espagne ? Une explication peut \u00eatre fournie en prenant l’exemple du col d’Ares (FR-66-1513<\/a> or ES-GI-1513<\/a>), col frontalier situ\u00e9 au dessus de Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste. Qu’indiquent les pancartes sur le versant fran\u00e7ais et sur le versant espagnol ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Col d'Ares on the French side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Col d'Ares on the Spanish side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Visiblement la DDE fran\u00e7aise et la DDE espagnole ne doivent pas mesurer les altitudes de la m\u00eame fa\u00e7on. Quatre-vingt dix-sept m\u00e8tres de diff\u00e9rence pour l’altitude d’un m\u00eame col, c’est consid\u00e9rable ! Qui a raison ? Il nous faut un arbitre : Monsieur IGN\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n

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Leaflet I\u00a9IGN France ign.fr.centcols.org <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

La carte indique col d’Ares : 1512m. \u00c0 un m\u00e8tre pr\u00e8s, c’est la m\u00eame altitude que celle figurant sur le panneau fran\u00e7ais. C’est parfait. D’o\u00f9 provient l’altitude de 1610m inscrite sur le panneau espagnol ? Tout simplement du Mont Falgars qui domine le col d’Ares au sud avec 1611m ! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, when you cross the border, please leave your Cartesian mind at customs, where a sign indicates the altitude of the place where it is placed. After all, a little fantasy is not unpleasant...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texte et cr\u00e9dit photos : Ren\u00e9 POTY<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lorsqu’on franchit les Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es pour aller explorer les cols chez nos voisins espagnols, on est souvent surpris par les diff\u00e9rences entre les donn\u00e9es fournies par la carte et celles fournies par les panneaux de cols ou encore par l’altim\u00e8tre. On a le choix entre trois altitudes diff\u00e9rentes avec, parfois, des \u00e9carts tr\u00e8s importants.Le m\u00e8tre n’aurait-il […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":485,"featured_media":93497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[308],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cols-en-vrac"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLa guerre des pancartes - Club des Cent Cols<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/centcols.org\/en\/the-sign-war\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"La guerre des pancartes - Club des Cent Cols\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lorsqu’on franchit les Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es pour aller explorer les cols chez nos voisins espagnols, on est souvent surpris par les diff\u00e9rences entre les donn\u00e9es fournies par la carte et celles fournies par les panneaux de cols ou encore par l’altim\u00e8tre. 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