Trend · rank 198 of 250

Earth observation & geospatial sensing

Satellite imagery, positioning data and ground sensors are becoming cheaper and easier to combine, strengthening nations that can turn spatial observation into dependable intelligence for agriculture, logistics, insurance and defence.

Critical TechnologyInformation & trustspace geoinformationdata governance

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Geospatial technology. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
198of 250
Sensitivity
13.3rank 54
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
10.7rank 236
Eigenvector
1.0
Betweenness
0.0
Links
1trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
13.5

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
101
Over a year
+8%Steady
Over three years
−0%
Peak
12019 Nov 2023
Sources
Bothagreement -0.26
Coverage
23languages · 65 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (23 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English46%96−0%
Spanish6%79−2%
Russian6%90−3%
French5%108−1%
German4%107+4%
Hindi4%66+6%
Arabic4%63−41%
Chinese4%104+14%
Japanese3%101+11%
Indonesian3%74+6%
Italian3%81−19%
Persian2%81−14%
Portuguese2%92−0%
Thai1%58−27%
Polish1%100−11%
Turkish1%104−12%
Ukrainian1%104+8%
Korean1%109+14%
Bengali1%84+2%
Hebrew1%81−17%
Dutch1%109−6%
Vietnamese1%85−18%
Tamil0%100−13%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

China

Ethiopia

Zimbabwe

Singapore

South Korea

Kenya

Ghana

Tanzania

Nepal

India

Nigeria

South Africa

100

61

60

46

38

31

25

25

23

22

21

19

The 12 highest of 65 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English111−1%+14%+10%
EuropeGoogle in 5 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch115−9%+30%+20%
ChinaGoogle in 1 country108+52%+25%+2%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 9 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai99−15%+15%−17%
South AsiaGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil89−23%+5%−25%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew80−4%−31%−32%
AfricaGoogle in 3 countries95+3%+6%−24%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese88−2%+2%−30%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian95−4%+1%−23%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle45−1%−23%−81%
AustraliaGoogle96−40%+8%−4%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese85−6%−11%−22%
CanadaGoogle112−7%+22%+23%
ChinaGoogle108+52%+25%+2%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French134−4%+76%+52%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German118−14%+29%+45%
IndiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil84−18%+2%−32%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian75−3%−3%−59%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian86−17%−7%−37%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese114−18%+27%+29%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean115−2%+12%+24%
MexicoGoogle109+44%−18%−28%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian91−6%−3%−21%
South AfricaGoogle78−15%−5%−17%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish92+4%−25%−20%
United KingdomGoogle147+19%+93%+74%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English113+1%+15%+13%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
4 · HighA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
3 · ModerateTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
3 · ModerateA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
2 · LowA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
2 · LowHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
2 · LowA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighOpen-source intelligence & transparencyInformation & trust79