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dorsetfreelander



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Australia is moving?

I read the other day that Ozzie sat navs are having a problem since the continent has moved about 1.5 metres since the digital maps were created about 20 years ago. Evidently the whole place is moving north at about 7cm/year. The GPS system was never designed for countries that move about. Sad 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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RogB



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They are changing their national latitude/longitude due to tectonic plate shifts and as self drive cars work from these lat/long and GPS they keep getting confused.

Global lat/long remains the same no matter what so a global GPS will place a position in Oz several meters from where the local GPS places it and autonomous devices cant cope.

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kiwi



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1.5 metres in 20 years is nothing.

In Christchurch New Zealand we can get 1.5 metres overnight... Lane departure control this:

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Lightwater



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New Zealand's north island & the top half of the south island is moving differently to bottom half of the south island.

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Those kiwi's are always trying to get one up on us. Very Happy

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kiwi



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mikehzz



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You guys are leaving and we're driving our island continent there to join up Smile

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