geomedium

Noun

geomedium (plural geomedia or geomediums)

1. A geological medium or substrate such as soil, sediment, or rocks.
   • In a geomedium, the solid particles act as insulators while soil moisture acts largely as the conductor of the electric current.2000, Donald L. Wise, Remediation Engineering of Contaminated Soils, →ISBN, page 77
   • The fate processes and transport rates of each contaminant that is released at initial but time-variable concentration, Ca, into the surrounding geomedia are affected by the homogeneity, isotropy, and continuity of the geomedium.2005, Calvin C. Chien, Hilary I. Inyang, Lorne G. Everett, Barrier Systems for Environmental Contaminant Containment and Treatment, →ISBN, page 57
2. A format that includes geographical information, such as that used by maps, geotagged pictures, or travelogues.
   • In that context. I claimed that location-based media or geomedia are to space what the watch is to time. Geomedia regulate social behavior, coordinate social interactions, and regulate interpersonal communications, while organizing the exchange of information, the founding immaterial commodities...2013, Rowan Wilken, Gerard Goggin, Mobile Technology and Place, →ISBN, page 224
   • These are actors for whom physical artefacts and even human bodies are 'mashable', contiguous and combinable with the aforementioned forms of geomedia.2013, Heather A. Horst, Daniel Miller, Digital Anthropology, →ISBN