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The Metric Maven – A Bridge Too Far?
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camtarn
on May 29, 2018
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camtarn
on May 29, 2018
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TL;DR: all countries use their own definition of sea level, and this can cause issues when building bridges between countries. There is a proposal to standardise on a global sea level or distance from earth's centre, but politics may be involved.
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