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xkcd #2920: Survey Marker (imgs.xkcd.com)

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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I think it's fine.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/datums

1: plural data ˈdā-tə ˈda-

also

ˈdä- : something given or admitted especially as a basis for reasoning or inference

an important historical datum

This enormous expense—and considerable risk—to pick up a datum or two about geriatrics?—

Charles Krauthammer

2: plural datums, mathematics : something used as a basis for calculating or measuring

measuring the distance between datum points

… make things more efficient for those of us whose work requires a time datum.—

Robert Steinbrunn