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February 6th, 2017
Australia has Officially Moved 1.8 Metres

As of January 2017, Australia’s coordinates have officially moved 1.8 metres northeast, following the launch of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 (GDA2020). The first update to Australia’s coordinate system in two decades, GDA2020 is a step towards modernising Australia’s spatial referencing system, and will be a key topic of discussion in Position Magazine’s forthcoming February/March issue. Read More at Spatial Source