THE update of Fiji’s geodetic datum will be one of the key projects of the Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources this year.
A geodetic datum, according to the National Ocean Service website, is an abstract co-ordinate system with a reference surface (such as sea level) that serves to provide known locations to begin surveys and create maps.
Lands Minister Mereseini Vuniwaqa said this update would be done in accordance with international standards.
“To us lay people, this is the updating and correction of data relevant to coordinates and geographical positions in Fiji to account for the shifting of the earth’s axis every year,” Mrs Vuniwaqa said.
