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I would have expected that the recalibration have big impact in middle of continent and no impact near coasts but strangely it's not the case. How coastline alt
by Rexxar 6y ago
I would have expected that the recalibration have big impact in middle of continent and no impact near coasts but strangely it's not the case. How coastline altitude could have been incorrectly calibrated before ?
- throwaway2048 6y agoOceans do not have the same height everywhere, there can be up to about 2M of difference. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_surface_topography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_surface_topography
- arethuza 6y agoThis caused problems when a bridge was being built between Germany (which uses the North Sea) and Switzerland (which uses the Mediterranean) - someone made a mistake including the known height difference between the two seas: https://www.science20.com/news_articles/what_happens_bridge_when_one_side_uses_mediterranean_sea_level_and_another_north_sea-121600 https://www.science20.com/news_articles/what_happens_bridge_...