# spatial (location)

related to where a thing is in space

- Computed level: L13 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: spatial

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [location](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-location.spatial), [related](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-related.association)

**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.

**Novel properties:**
- spatial reference
- position assignment
- location binding

## 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)*

## Used by
- [open](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-open.spatial) (L17)
- [summary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-summary.text) (L14)

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-spatial.location.json*  
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