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Do we really need West and South when we can use negative North and negative East?

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[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah... I love airplanes... To be clear, the issue with this is that magnetic 0 is not the same as true 0. There's a slight offset that can cause issues. So why not have like... True 0 and magnetic 0. T0 and m0?

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why not?

Because what happens when your referent changes? Which direction is Mars from Earth? We obviously need a single navigational system that works anywhere in the universe.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Easy! Assuming the earth is the center of the universe, coordinates are 360,360

+- the current position of the Earth in the solar system +- the current position of the solar system in the Milky Way. In the Local Cluster, in the Local Group, in the Virgo Supercluster, in the Local Mesh

In order to return, we just go that way:

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[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

There is no center of the universe.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 1 points 12 hours ago

Huh, guess you are right

[–] guy@piefed.social 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Mars would be that way I assume

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 0 points 23 hours ago

Plus or minus?