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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION
Volume 94, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2020.102183
Keywords
Plate tectonics; Spatial data quality; Positional accuracy; OpenStreetMap (OSM); Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI); World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84)
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- DFG [FA 1189/3-1]
- Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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Tectonic plate motion affects the accuracy of GPS measurements and global coordinate systems over time. Regular systematic updates of coordinate values are recommended to minimize accuracy loss, but rounding errors and manual updates can still pose challenges. Proposed solution strategies aim to maintain high positional accuracy in global datasets even after years of existence.
Tectonic plate motion affects coordinates resulting from GPS measurements and the referencing of aerial and satellite imagery. It therefore impacts the long-term use of global coordinate systems. Over time, the tectonic plates move relative to each other and coordinates become outdated. Most geographic datasets including OpenStreetMap are no exception, as these are affected in terms of a growing location-coordinate mismatch. Current research is aware of this issue but solution strategies have not been fully explored yet. In this manuscript, we discuss how regular systematic updates of coordinate values can be used to address this issue. We explore the recommended frequency to perform such updates for guaranteeing a minimal loss of accuracy after long periods of time. It is further determined how rounding errors impair such systematic updates and in which ways singular and irregular manual updates impede systematic solution strategies. The solution strategies proposed lead to minimal overall errors and thus guarantee to retain high positional accuracy of coordinate pairs within global datasets, even after years of existence.
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