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Survey Marker

Title text: Fun fact: The standard North American NAD83 coordinate system is misaligned from the actual Earth, off-center by about 7 feet. Someone knows where I am, and I'm in the wrong place.

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When they update the database, Cueball's position changes to compensate.

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[Zoomed in view of a marker on the floor] U.S. Geological survey bench mark Elevation above sea 447 feet

Cueball [standing on the marker]: I love finding these survey markers. It's somehow reassuring. I like that someone, somewhere, knows where this spot is. If I stand on it, they know where I am.

Megan: But the NAD83 and NAVD88 datums are getting replaced soon. That marker's coordinates could shift by like 5 feet.

Megan [looking at her phone]: Oh look, it just got updated.

Cueball [floating and waving his arms at the top right of the panel]: Hey! Put me back!

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