This is fascinating stuff on how early Vancouver was laid out using the measures of a 16th century priest. The simple (but revelatory) animation is narrated by former Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan via Kumtuks:
Under Queen Elizabeth I a priest named Edmund Gunter developed the measures that now frame our modern world. Colonel Richard Moody laid out the skeleton of Metro Vancouver which are now as immutable as any geologic formation. We live within the constraints of their decisions.
Further study and equally engrossing videos here.