# located (spatial)

be at a point in space

- Computed level: L12 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: spatial  ·  Arena: located

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [points](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-points.location), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [point of no return](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-point-of-no-return.irreversible)

**Through:** the point and the space make a place, and the irreversible boundary determines persistence within it

**Novel properties:**
- spatial location
- persistence condition
- irreversible containment

## Examples
- The city of Venice subsides 1–2 mm per year, altering its position relative to sea level since 421 CE. [engineering] *(engineering)*
- Mount Everest's summit rock is at 27°59′17″N, 86°55′31″E, fixed by GPS survey in 2020. [geography] *(geography)*
- The Hubble Space Telescope orbits Earth at 547 km altitude, maintaining its spatial location since 1990. [astronomy] *(astronomy)*

## Used by
- [chicago](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-chicago.city) (L13)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-located.spatial*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-located.spatial.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*