planning

Community planning with Second Life

June 16, 2009

Metropolis interviews Emerson College professor Eric Gordon about the use of Second Life, the three-dimensional online virtual world, as a community planning tool.

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Say hello to Mapumental

June 2, 2009

Mapumental is an interactive application that shows the relationship between UK transit travel times, real estate values, and scenic communities.

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Top 10 free web applications for planners

May 29, 2009

Recapping his presentation at the American Planning Association, Chris Steins lists 10 free web-based applications that planners may find helpful.

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A new futurama

May 6, 2009

At Lincoln House, the blog of the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, reports on a recent meeting of engineers, architects, planners, and creative thinkers to consider a new Futurama — ” a vision of what life might be like in 2050…”

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Tampa Bay lets residents comment on transit plan by phone

May 4, 2009

Planners at the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority (FL) have found a new way to reach out to the community. To solicit comments on a new regional plan, TBARTA is conducting a series of iTown Hall meetings by telephone.

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Megacommunities: The next big idea

April 17, 2009

In Federal Computer Week, Mark Gerencser and Christopher Kelly write about the concept of megacommunities — a new way of thinking about addressing the complex issues facing society like climate change, terrorism, and cybersecurity.

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Oregon Metro launches online planning tool

March 31, 2009

Metro, the regional government in the greater Portland (OR) area, has launched an online build-a-system planning tool to help residents compare options for a high-capacity rail system.

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Announcing the winners: A new infrastructure

March 25, 2009

Más Transit, regional high-speed rail for Los Angeles (CA) with a landscape to match, was the winning entry in a competition sponsored by SCI-Arc’s SCI-FI program and The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Virtual reality check

March 18, 2009

In Governing, Ellen Perlman writes about Virtual Decatur, an online three-dimensional model of the Georgia city.

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Geospatial coordination web site launched by California

February 6, 2009

The Cal-Atlas Geospatial Clearinghouse is a centralized source for California’s geospatial data and information.  The new website was designed to facilitate coordination among government agencies and to allow public access to geographic information. Cal-Atlas is an effort to make sure that agencies have accurate, complete and up-to-date GIS data.  It will also help organizations to [...]

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