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ninju on May 5, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Crossrail was affected by the curvature of the...

> ...in three different coordinate systems (OSGB36, WGS84 and ED50)

> Crossrail made use of a *customised projection* with a meridian that runs through central London

https://xkcd.com/927/

burnte on May 5, 2022 [–]

"... so I decided to use regex. Now I have two problems."

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