Fungus zone
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Burchell, P. J.
Reviews
Completion of all the world's surveys
Abstract
For over a century, various methods have been in place to scan, map and characterise every location on Earth. And now, it’s done. Implications include, amongst other things, the end of organised crime.
A Job Well Done
Hydrogaphy, Topography, Hypsometry, Cartography, and innumerable surveying methods on Earth and from space have been in place to accurately determine the shape of the world, and the location and documentation of everything in it. As of this year, all such activities have been concluded, such that we can pick out any location in the world, no matter how remote, and know exactly what’s there, and how the terrain lies.
DOGE
All of this information has been compiled (in collaboration with Google) to produce an interactive, 4D Google Earth with everything in it. This project, run by SJIS, has been named the Detailed Omnipotent Google Earth, which will be updated in real time if and when anything in the world changes.
Implications
This is much more than an improved piece of software. In the course of scanning the entire world, Geophysical surveys have pinpointed the locations of every single remaining archaeological site, keeping the SJIS Archaeology department busy for the next century. Everything that has ever been lost in the ocean has been found. Similarly, nothing will ever be lost again. It is impossible to list the multitude of implications, but perhaps the most important is the end of organised crime and war on this planet. With such detailed surveying, every building; every nook and cranny of the entire globe was uncovered, studied, and added to our database. As such, every ‘hideout’ or operations post has been found (and dealt with by the respective authorities), and rendered unsuitable for future use by criminals or enemy military.
References
Can be found along with the Detailed Omnipotent Google Earth on www.doge.sjis.org.uk
Fungus, never before represented in an issue of SJIS graces the front cover, yet no fungus related articles, images, reviews or anything else feature in the pages within. However, this is not an arbitrary image. During the compilation of this article, at least three new species were discovered...from packets of mushrooms bought in a shop in China (Dentinger & Suz, 2014). This marks the start of a regular 'Fungus Zone' feature. Too long has the noble fungus been under-represented in these pages.
Fungus revolution