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Unit locations discrepancy between SI and PHY

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Description

Hi,
I am seeing some units in Phy that have locations in the shank not where SI is showing when I run sw.plot_unit_locations(sa,width_cm =2, backend ="ipywidgets"). I am curious if this is a known problem or something rare and in cases when this happens what is the approach as far as which one to trust?
I am happy to share pictures if needed.

Thanks!

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Start by reproducing the discrepancy with sw.plot_unit_locations(sa, width_cm=2, backend="ipywidgets") and compare the unit locations shown by SI and PHY. Investigate whether the mismatch is expected or indicates an error, then document which location source should be trusted and the conditions that determine this.

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Tech stack
python
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data
Issue type
Bug
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