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GPS coordinates of houses can change, while the address should stay the same.
by tpm 7y ago
GPS coordinates of houses can change, while the address should stay the same.
- JasonFruit 7y agoDo you mean if the same house is moved to a new location on the same lot? I'm finding this difficult to imagine.
- tpm 7y agoNo, I mean the movement of earth underneath the house, tectonic plates etc. Earthquakes are one obvious example: https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/7182/does-an-earthquake-affect-gps https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/7182/does-an-earthqu...
- ralmeida 7y agoTo be fair, the cited displacement of 8 ft (average for non-earthquake situations is 0 to 10cm) is within the typical margin of error of a GPS. That is, the coordinate change is small enough not to matter for “election” purposes.
- sjg007 7y agoFine... GPS coordinates as of a specific date.
- lacker 7y agoAddresses change a lot more often than gps coordinates. Streets get renamed, removed, or renumbered.