Pivotal principles for digital earth development in the twenty-first century

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Figure 1. Three principles for development in the twenty-first century.

Figure 2. An illustration of the value of machine metadata coding over time.

Figure 3. An illustrated ‘global context’ for the three Pivotal Principles.

Table 1. Development categories of potential engagement with the Pivotal Principles.

Principles and categories of engagement	Economy	Environment	Society
Open data	Stimulating economic development and business	Understanding ecological goods and services	Empowering community and innovation
Real world context	Adjusting system boundaries for profit	Optimizing resource utilization	Optimizing workforce and welfare
Informed visualization	Focusing enterprise command and control	Holistically evaluating stakeholder options	Enhancing engagement

Table 2. Scales of engagement with the Pivotal Principles.

Principles and scales of engagement	Citizen	Community	City/County	Country
Open data	Freedom of information	Shared resources for decisions	Better planning	Security, health and disaster response
Real world context	Choice – individual stewardship	Local synergies and opportunities	Service resilience	Systemic budget & policy actions
Informed visualization	Digital democracy	Promotion of collective dialogue	Transparent operations	Holistic and leadership