This excellent article is only partially about tectonic plates.

This excellent article is only partially about tectonic plates. It manages to tie in geocaching, Snowden, high-speed rail, and the big map shift of 2022.

I find it interesting that celestial coordinate systems are easier to understand than geographic coordinate systems.

Originally shared by George Musser

My little investigation of how plate tectonics affects mapping apps.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/critical-opalescence/2013/11/11/what-happens-to-google-maps-when-tectonic-plates-move/