{"product_id":"alicesprings","title":"Alice Springs","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe middle of Australia moves twenty-three kilometers before breakfast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReality Services opens a file.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen things get inconvenient.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoads begin deciding which journeys are necessary. People traveling for medicine arrive impossibly early. Consultants attempting to leave keep returning to town. A concrete survey marker begins walking toward the Reality Services office without technically moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen somebody fixes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlice Springs\u003c\/strong\u003e disappears from every official map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe buildings are still there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe people are still there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, according to the postal service, emergency dispatch, freight networks and several government databases, they are standing in an uninhabited area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRestoring the town requires Reality Services to confront a problem that maps prefer not to discuss:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaybe the center of a place isn't where the coordinates say it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaybe it is where everybody else keeps needing it to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrieste has some comments about the terminology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe system refuses the edit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded free:\u003c\/strong\u003e a complete Second Census story, whose cartographic standards remain excellent provided nobody asks where the dead live.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reality Services Office","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53990565052600,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/4459\/2824\/files\/AliceSprings_1500x1200T.png?v=1787807466","url":"https:\/\/realityservicesoffice.com\/products\/alicesprings","provider":"Reality Services Office","version":"1.0","type":"link"}