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Considering that maps have to be re-done periodically to account for tectonic plate shifts anyway, maybe this idea isn't as far off-base as it sounds.
by parliament32 6y ago
Considering that maps have to be re-done periodically to account for tectonic plate shifts anyway, maybe this idea isn't as far off-base as it sounds.
- fanf2 6y agoSince 2000, “Australia’s tectonic plate – the Earth’s fastest moving continental plate – has moved about 1.5 metres northeast (approximately 7 cm / yr)” https://www.icsm.gov.au/gda2020 https://www.icsm.gov.au/gda2020 That’s more than 1000 times slower than leapsecond-related drift