south · direction
Ask Prometheusthe side of a place that is down in the usual map arrangement of space
South (noun) means: the side of a place that is down in the usual map arrangement of space. It emerges from side, arrangement, map, space: When a side of a place is identified as the down-facing side in the common map arrangement of space, the concept of south emerges. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 16, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- In Beijing’s Forbidden City, the main halls face south to honor solar warmth, a practice in Ming Dynasty urban design. architecture
- Australia’s national highway signs mark 'south' based on the standard orientation of official topographic maps published by Geoscience Australia. geography
- During the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, rescue teams used GPS coordinates to determine that the epicenter was 80 km west-northwest of Chengdu. disaster_response
Emergence
through: When a side of a place is identified as the down-facing side in the common map arrangement of space, the concept of south emerges.
- directional orientation
- conventional spatial reference
- relative positional identity
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (115 steps)
- southL16
- sideL3
- arrangementL3
- mapL8
- structureL2
- nameL7
- siteL4
- putL3
- seeL6
- spaceL0
- peopleL6
- spaceL0
- usualL2
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Relations
| contrasts-with | top.upper | contrasts-with |