Re:After 184 years, Cherokees seek House delegate seat promi...
by sjg007 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @11:28PM
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We should all move to gps coordinates
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Re:After 184 years, Cherokees seek House delegate seat promi...
by tpm on Thursday October 17, 2019 @01:48AM
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GPS coordinates of houses can change, while the address should stay the same.
Re:After 184 years, Cherokees seek House delegate seat promi...
by JasonFruit on Thursday October 17, 2019 @03:21AM
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Do you mean if the same house is moved to a new location on the same lot? I'm finding this difficult to imagine.
Re:After 184 years, Cherokees seek House delegate seat promi...
by tpm on Thursday October 17, 2019 @03:40AM
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No, I mean the movement of earth underneath the house, tectonic plates etc. Earthquakes are one obvious example:
https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/7182/does-an-earthqu...
Re:After 184 years, Cherokees seek House delegate seat promi...
by ralmeida on Thursday October 17, 2019 @08:38PM
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To be fair, the cited displacement of 8 ft (average for non-earthquake situations is 0 to 10cm) is within the typical margin of error of a GPS. That is, the coordinate change is small enough not to matter for “election” purposes.