# on the ground (local)

*Ordinarily means:* what is actually happening in a specific place

a model that treats the real as separate from the general, when the real is what persists through the interaction of parts at a boundary

- Computed level: L14 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: levels and abstraction  ·  Arena: emergence

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [model](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-model.representation), [real](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-real.actual), [general](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-general.broad), [interaction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interaction.process), [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit), [persist](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-persist.continue)

**Through:** between parts at a boundary

**Novel properties:**
- real
- local

## Examples
- The 2020 locust swarms in East Africa overwhelmed regional monitoring systems despite satellite forecasts. *(ecology)*
- Residents of Detroit's Brightmoor neighborhood organized block patrols after city police response times exceeded two hours. *(institutions)*
- The Mars rover Perseverance adjusted its landing sequence in real time when radar detected unexpected boulders in Jezero Crater. *(engineering)*

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