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perotid | 1 year ago

FWIW, global drift vectors by NASA: https://sideshow.jpl.nasa.gov/post/series.html

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dtgriscom|1 year ago

... what's the origin, when the entire surface of the Earth is sliding around?

tkcranny|1 year ago

From the article:

> WGS 84 is a global standard tied to no one plate. In essence, it is fixed to Earth’s deep interior.

Those drift vectors are based on GPS, which the article also says relies on WGS 84z

NooneAtAll3|1 year ago

according to hairy banana theorem, at least one surface point won't be sliding sideways