You will not find the continent of Australia in its 2017 remote continent are constantly moving is scheduled to move up that to about two meters early next year.
Move the continent about 7 centimeters in the direction of the north and northeast annually caused by tectonic plates of the earth move.
That means a gap between the latitude and longitude of Australia as shown local coordinates, which moves with the continent, the global coordinates that do not move, according to a report published by the British newspaper The Guardian, Wednesday, August 3 / August 2016.
The problem is that latitude and longitude, which is evident through the global satellite navigation systems, fixed in the rest of the world; and therefore must compensate the gap with the continent of Australia moved over time.
Updated information and facts relating to the continent of Australia or local coordinates her for the last time system in 1994; currently located in Australia at a distance meter and a half to the north-east (or for a distance similar to the length of a kangaroo on, said diagrams of information released by BBC).
He told Daniel JAXA of Geoscience Foundation is responsible for the demarcation of the Australian continent, the Australian newspaper The Guardian maps that the next stage will cover the deficit between both systems.
JAXA said: "We are working with regard to the movement of latitude and longitude, Australia, to reflect the actual put in this world."
Australia will move latitude and longitude by 1.8 meters towards the movement of tectonic plates as of the first of January 2017; and correction means consistency by 2020. The local and global coordinates have been conducting similar amendments during the years 1966, 1984 and 1994.
Not for the first time
JAXA, said: "This is the fourth time that we do it during the past fifty years. The only difference here is that we put the longitude and latitude towards the north and northeast, where Australia will be in 2020.
This means that the update remains in place for longer period of time, according to British newspaper report.
All countries carry out such updates, but Australia is the fastest of the continental tectonic plates move, leading to more regular activity.
JAXA said the fact that the local coordinates do not reflect the tectonic movement could adversely affect any technology using such data, for example, self-driving cars in the future.
How humans affected?
That we find the coordinates of Australia is already different from the local coordinates.
This represents a problem for us when we want to integrate local mapping information within the global systems such as Turner Google or Apple Maps used smartphones.
Self-driving cars will not be affected alone, but self-driving tractors and equipment are affected by mines, drones, which are currently being developed for pizza delivery.
The consistent and accurate data necessary for scientific investigations, according to JAXA said "is not just a daily maps."
He had hoped to become a modified 2017 Last updates of its kind, targeting the Australian Geoscience Foundation Jump dynamic system measures the actual coordinates using the speed of points on the surface of the continent.