The SAL Portal & Blog
Australia is modernising its datum in two stages over the next few years and stage one starts next month.
Wait! What?!? Why?
I hear you ask with gasps of horror.
Well, it is necessary for a couple of reasons.
The Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM) has put together a short animation to help explain:
Please keep the volume down if you are in a shared space 🙂
They also have a page of GDA FAQ’s that are worth checking out and a fact sheet if you want something to keep as a reference.