Show thread全知全能大先生Jun 5, 2025
@fidkarten @stabi_berlin Thanks! I learned that the word '#datums' exists in English. (And I wonder why I had to prove my knowledge of Latin to major in English at a university in Germany decades ago.) But now I need help. Datums in German is
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💧🌏 Greg CocksApr 17, 2024
As A USGS Employee Working In Spatial Data: hehehehehehehehe
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https://xkcd.com/2920/ <-- link to XKCD cartoon
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"The standard North American NAD83 coordinate system is misaligned from the actual Earth, off-centre by about 7 feet. Someone knows where I am, and I'm in the wrong place."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #humour #humor #datums #coordinatesystems #NAD83 #NAVD88 #mappymeme #survey #USGS #NGS #benchmark #surveymarker #NorthAmerica #geodetic #geodesy
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💧🌏 Greg CocksApr 10, 2024
The NSRS Horizontal Datums Will Be Tectonic Plate Based! | Changes To The Vertical Datums
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https://geodesy.noaa.gov/datums/newdatums/index.shtml <-- details of the new NSRS datums, etc at the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) website
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #coordinates #coordinatesystems #NationalGeodeticSurvey #NGS #datums #verticaldatum #NorthAmerica #horizontaldatum #NSRS #geology #NorthAmericanPlate #CaribbeanPlate #tectonics #platetectonics #movement #GPS #GNSS #geomorphometry #NAVD88 #NAD83 #accuracy #precision
New Datums - National Geodetic Survey

Fiona GregoryMar 11, 2024
Important geeky news for North American geomatics professionals #NATRF2022 #datums https://gogeomatics.ca/navigating-the-future-the-modernization-of-canadas-spatial-reference-system
Navigating the Future: The Modernization of Canada’s Spatial Reference System

Significant changes are on the horizon for geomatics professionals in Canada. Everyone involved in the fields of geomatics and its subdomains needs to take notice. Being a professional in our field…

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