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Australia Moved 1.5 Metres, Updating its Location for Self-Driving Cars

posted by n1 on Sunday July 31 2016, @12:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the you-have-not-reached-your-destination dept.

"exec" writes:

[Australia] is shifting its longitude and latitude to fix a discrepancy with global satellite navigation systems. Government body Geoscience Australia is updating the Geocentric Datum of Australia, the country's national coordinate system, to bring it in line with international data.

The reason Australia is slightly out of whack with global systems is that the country moves about 7 centimetres (2.75 inches) per year due to the shifting of tectonic plates.

Since 1994, when the data was last recorded, that's added up to a misalignment of about a metre and a half.

Source: CNet

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 31 2016, @12:53AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 31 2016, @12:53AM (#382118)

    Car crashes into brick wall during pursuit [perthnow.com.au]

    Ashlee Mullany
    PerthNow
    May 16, 2013

    A car being pursued by police caused this vehicle to crash into the brick wall of a Riverton home.

    Five people are in custody after a car failed to stop for police and crashed in Riverton this morning.

    Witnesses told PerthNow the car crashed, causing another vehicle to plough through the front brick wall of a home near Corinthian Rd and Vahland Ave.

    Resident Anthony French, who lives in a nearby street, said he heard an “almighty bang” before the car went through the brick wall of a house about 11am.

    “I was about to enter into Corinthian St and I heard police coming down the street so I waited until police went past,” he said.

    “They went past and there was an almighty bang.”

    A police spokeswoman said they did not have the full details of the incident yet and could not confirm if police had been pursuing the car before the crash.