Science seeks to classify the behavior of the world into generalized laws and then apply those universal laws to all things. However, location implies a unique position on the landscape - and land variations impart unique characteristics that defy such scientific generalization. Consequently, the performance and interaction of technology and business process change as a function of landscape and environment. TGI Systems builds tools, methods, and services that:
- Maximize the benefit of specific locations through the scientific adjustment of engineering systems and business process approaches.
- Organize and integrate information based upon location and proximity to other entities.
- Analyze the interactions between systems based upon their separation and/or proximity of system components.
This is a common argument within the discipline of geography where land may be viewed as either idiographic or nomothetic. The prior definition implies a landscape of uniqueness where universal generalizations cannot describe the variation between places. A nomothetic approach states that all things must fit universal laws.
There is little doubt this argument will continue for some time, however, TGI Systems has found that technology has become more flexible than land use. This makes sense because technology has been progressing as rapidly as our cities, governments, and changing information needs.
This leaves local landscape as the external set of constraints, with technology the design variable (not the traditional approach of applying the same technology anywhere!). This understanding provides us with the tools to understand the conflict between competing environmental, engineering, and socioeconomic systems. From this starting point, TGI Systems applies the tool of proactive optimization where technology is optimized to the environment and socioeconomic system it must function within.