Navigation of the strategic universe

Triangulation of Incommensurable Concepts for Global Configuration (Part #10)

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It is especially relevant to this argument that triangulation, as vital to the surveying of territory, is a pre-requisite for navigation -- most notably around a pherical globe. It is in this respect that the importance of a "long baseline" is required for finer resolution, notably in astronomy (Very Long Baseline Interferometry; Very Long Baseline Array). The argument for a "shocking" degree of difference between the three metaphorical languages may then be seen as offering triangulation in terms of long baselines such as to enable navigation through the psychosocial universe. How then to articulate the case for a "Very Long Metaphoric Baseline"? How then to build on disagreement? (Using Disagreements for Superordinate Frame Configuration, 1992)

Relevant arguments in relation to topology include:

• Verena V. Hafner (Evaluating cognitive maps for mobile robot navigation behaviour, 2003) examines biologically inspired cognitive map models, which provide an artificial navigating agent with a topological map of places after an exploration and learning phase in a previously unknown environment.
• Eleanor A Maguire, Neil Burgess and John O'Keefe (Human spatial navigation: cognitive maps, sexual dimorphism, and neural substrates, 1999) note that recent research on navigation has been particularly notable for the increased understanding of the factors affecting human navigation and the neural networks supporting it. The use of virtual reality environments has made it possible to explore the effect of environment layout and content on way-finding performance.

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