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xkcd #2920: Survey Marker (imgs.xkcd.com)

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Fun fact: The standard North American NAD83 coordinate system is misaligned from the actual Earth, off-center by about 7 feet. Someone knows where I am, and I'm in the wrong place.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

https://explainxkcd.com/2920

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago

In reality, updating a database to change the coordinates of a location would not physically move items at the location. Arguably, if they did, no-one would much notice, since everything surrounding them should similarly move simultaneously to its corrected position as well.

That's very reassuring, guess I can take my ground harness off then