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Due to tectonic shifts, the entire continent of Australia has moved 1.5 metres north over the past 22 years, putting it out of sync with global positioning systems (GPS).
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To fix the problem, the government's announced that the country's latitude and longitude will officially be updated to reflect the continent's new position.
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The Australian plate is the fastest continental plate on the planet, moving northwards and slightly to the east by about 7 centimetres each year.
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To fix this problem, the GDA has announced that it will officially be updating the country's coordinates in 2017, based on predictions of where the country will be in 2020 - almost 2 metres further north than where the GDA says we are now.
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originally posted by: hubrisinxs
a reply to: BO XIAN
Australia took 22 years to move 1.5 meters. I am not going to put my money on it winning in Rio this year, that's really slow and is more of a problem for the GPS, not the continent of Australia.
So, I am not worried about the Earth, but it is troubling about the GPS.
originally posted by: hubrisinxs
a reply to: BO XIAN
Australia took 22 years to move 1.5 meters. I am not going to put my money on it winning in Rio this year, that's really slow and is more of a problem for the GPS, not the continent of Australia.
So, I am not worried about the Earth, but it is troubling about the GPS.
originally posted by: IkNOwSTuff
originally posted by: hubrisinxs
a reply to: BO XIAN
Australia took 22 years to move 1.5 meters. I am not going to put my money on it winning in Rio this year, that's really slow and is more of a problem for the GPS, not the continent of Australia.
So, I am not worried about the Earth, but it is troubling about the GPS.
At the risk of sounding over competetive while it may have been slow it was faster than your country
As a Melbournian I welcome this news and look forward to the day our wonderful city is sitting about where brisbane is
originally posted by: Pilgrum
This shift would be impacting that fault responsible for the 2004 tsunami so the whole of equatorial SE Asia should be somewhat nervous about this movement. Indonesia in particular, the home of Krakatoa.
originally posted by: IkNOwSTuff
At the risk of sounding over competetive while it may have been slow it was faster than your country
As a Melbournian I welcome this news and look forward to the day our wonderful city is sitting about where brisbane is
originally posted by: Flavian
originally posted by: IkNOwSTuff
At the risk of sounding over competetive while it may have been slow it was faster than your country
As a Melbournian I welcome this news and look forward to the day our wonderful city is sitting about where brisbane is
That is such a wonderfully Australian comment!
As a Brit i can't compete in the "my country is moving faster than your country" game..........so i'm changing it to a "my country is eroding faster than your country" game!