spatial · location
Ask Prometheusrelated to where a thing is in space
Spatial (adjective) means: related to where a thing is in space. It emerges from space, location, related: space.extent provides the arena and location.spatial provides a point, while related.association links the thing to that point, together specifying its spatial position. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 17, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- The GPS constellation maintains satellite positions within 2 meters of their assigned orbits using thrusters and ground tracking. engineering
- Bees in a hive orient their waggle dances to the sun's azimuth, communicating spatial direction to food sources. biology
- The 2020 update of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame fixed coordinates of 1,000 ground stations to within 1 mm precision. physics
Emergence
through: space.extent provides the arena and location.spatial provides a point, while related.association links the thing to that point, together specifying its spatial position.
- spatial reference
- position assignment
- location binding
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (26 steps)
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Used by (2)
Relations
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