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Google’s excuse for kowtowing to Trump on Lake Ontario is that it’s just following the Geographic Names Information System. Does that mean Trump could sign an executive order redefining the North Pole to be in Kansas? Why stop there? Rename the constellations? Switch east and west? Up and down?

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@vee40below0.bsky.social

30 Aug

And why should Greenwich England get to decide the longitudes for the rest of the globe? Shouldn't the prime meridian run through Mar-a-Lago?

George Musser

@georgemusser.com

Funny you bring that up. The prime meridian was actually defined by the U.S. when it set up the GPS network, based on an extrapolation from the U.S. domestic datum. I wrote about this several years. nautil.us/what-happens... 🧪

nautil.usWhat Happens to Google Maps When Tectonic Plates Move? - NautilusEarth’s tremors can tweak your GPS coordinates.

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