GPS realignment

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CraigVIC
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GPS realignment

Fri 03 Jan, 2020 7:59 pm

Apparently coords have been moved 1.8m on new years day to account for the yearly slip since 1994.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw- ... 53ocx.html
Warin
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Re: GPS realignment

Fri 03 Jan, 2020 8:26 pm

For those worried by this 'shift' a read of
https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics ... tion/wgs84
may help.
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