New Datum, Australia's position is 1.5m wrong
Submitted: Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 07:52
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Member - Boobook
Hmm seems Australia really is on the move. Nothing to do with Governments of course, we are shifting northwards and out 1.5m compared to GDA 94
Australian Co-ordinates out by 1.5m
There's a new GDA 2017 coming out apparently.
Reply By: MUZBRY- Life member(Vic) - Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 08:45
Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 08:45
Gday
At that rate we will be the "Tropic of Victoria " pretty soon and all those caravans with
grey people will be heading South again.
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 09:07
Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 09:07
Hi Muzbry
No sign of that here in South Australia.......still as cold as ever and it will not stop raining......lol
Have fun in the tropics of Victoria......
Cheers
Stephen
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Follow Up By: Member - David M (SA) - Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:53
Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:53
Looks like it's stopped raining down here south of
Adelaide
Stephen, no hold on, I was wrong.
Dave.
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Follow Up By: DBN05 (tas) - Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 13:01
Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 13:01
Hi Muzbry
Don't worry about the Capricorn of Victoria, it is just another dastardly deed
performed by the Victorians so they can take over God's own country,....ie Tasmania.
I hope all the Politicians take note of this shift to the north so maybe they can now reduce our Ferry costs to the Mainland with the reduced fuel they will be using.
LOL
Harvey
DBN05 /Tasmania
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Reply By: rumpig - Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 15:51
Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 15:51
Do you think my neighbours will mind me moving my fence a metre and a half onto their property?...lol
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Follow Up By: MUZBRY- Life member(Vic) - Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 19:36
Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 19:36
Gday Rum
Put the fence closer to your own house and then you wont have to mow
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Reply By: 9900Eagle - Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 16:50
Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 16:50
Graeme Connors new about to 30 years ago.
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Follow Up By: Member - Boobook - Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 17:22
Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 17:22
Ha ha, very clever Eagle.
I wonder if Graeme Conners was a geologist.
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Follow Up By: rocco2010 - Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 18:19
Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 18:19
love it Eagle ... a great oldie I haven't heard in decades.
Cheers
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Reply By: tony_j - Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 22:07
Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 22:07
So, closer to China so the junk on fleabay will be cheaper due to lower postage costs. I think this a good thing! :)
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Reply By: equinox - Friday, Jul 29, 2016 at 21:50
Friday, Jul 29, 2016 at 21:50
Hi Boobook
It shouldn't worry us travelers to much as most digital maps are set to their required datum.
When this new datum is released maps will come out with that datum so should not be a problem.
The only problem I can foresee is if you manually take co-ords from one datum and erroneously apply it to a map on the other datum. 1.5 metres isn't too much though.
Cheers
Alan
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