A collaborative analysis tool for visualisation and interaction with spatial data

Abstract

A collaborative virtual environment system is described that is designed to support location-independent shared analysis of spatial data and urban planning proposals. The system seeks to extend the physical workplace of participants into the virtual environment, while preserving traditional textual and verbal communication and cooperation mechanisms. The systems aim is to improve productivity, quality and achieve more transparency in the planning process. The architecture of the Collaborative Urban Planner or CUP system is described and some experimental results that demonstrate urban development control tasks performed within this environment are presented. An application scenario offers a vision of future urban planning practice using CUP. The scenario also diagrammatically demonstrates virtual settings and scenes that could become everyday meeting places for remote planners, architects or engineers assessing proposals and discussing possible alterations to designs.

Participatory governance in smart cities: the urbanAPI case study

“…For example, initial attempts were made in the late 1990s to show the benefits of interactive 3D applications for public participation in urban planning, and since then, many alternative applications have been developed (Doyle et al 1998;Al-Kodmany 2002;Manoharan et al 2002;Stellingwerff & Kuhk 2004). However, a general challenge for such a work is how to create interactive 3D worlds (and other information technology [IT] policy support tools) with data collection, feedback and adopted steering mechanisms effectively, i.e.…”

Semantic World Modelling and Data Management in a 4d Forest Simulation and Information System

“…Basic solutions only use a database to store object positions etc. (Manoharan 2002) while the more sophisticated store the scene data itself. Some of these approaches support collaboration between clients (Schweber 1998), (Julier 2000), (Watanabe 2002), (Manoharan 2002), (Kaku 2005), (Walczak 2012), others do not (Vakaloudis 1998), (Schmalstieg 2007).…”

“…(Manoharan 2002) while the more sophisticated store the scene data itself. Some of these approaches support collaboration between clients (Schweber 1998), (Julier 2000), (Watanabe 2002), (Manoharan 2002), (Kaku 2005), (Walczak 2012), others do not (Vakaloudis 1998), (Schmalstieg 2007). Multiple data schemata are only supported by few systems (Watanabe 2002), (Schmalstieg 2007), (Walczak 2012), (Dassault Systèmes 2008), (Autodesk 2005).…”

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