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> To fix this, all Australian states and territories have agreed to update their coordinates by June. However, they are all doing it at their own speeds. > Off
by ash 7y ago
> To fix this, all Australian states and territories have agreed to update their coordinates by June. However, they are all doing it at their own speeds.
> Official government road maps and property boundaries will now line up perfectly with GPS location data.
> It will take some time for companies like Google to pick up and implement the new data. But when they do, you will enjoy slightly more accurate satellite navigation.
I don't get it. Does Google have to wait for government? Why couldn't Google incrementally add 1.8 meter to its maps on its own schedule, years ago?
- alleycat5000 7y agoIf you have data in the old datum, you just need to transform it to the new one. They provide the tools to do it: https://www.icsm.gov.au/australian-datums-and-how-move-between-them https://www.icsm.gov.au/australian-datums-and-how-move-betwe... Data providers like Google may have already made the switch, or instead of using the static datums they might use a time-dependent datum where the coordinates change with time.
- reaperducer 7y agoDoes Google have to wait for government? Thought we like to think of Google as a big data company, for many of its projects it's more an aggregator of other people's data. Yes, it does create original data. But a lot of its data is from outside sources. Very often data that you paid for with your tax dollars, and then get to pay for again with your privacy.