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The United States is replacing every official latitude, longitude and height it publishes, existing coordinates will move by as much as four meters, and the million survey marks in the ground will no longer be what the system is measured from

Source: Space Daily · Published Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 PM

In Science, Space Daily puts this story at the center of the day: The United States is replacing every official latitude, longitude and height it publishes, existing coordinates will move by as much as four meters, and the million survey marks in the ground will no longer be what the system is measured from Space Daily FlexChar is surfacing it because it is driving searches and conversation right now.

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The United States is replacing every official latitude, longitude and height it publishes, existing coordinates will move by as much as four meters, and the million survey marks in the ground will no longer be what the system is measured from

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