los angeles

Los Angeles

• City of four million (ten million in the Los Angeles hinterland)

• Largest city in the United States after New York

• World city status• 1994 Northridge earthquake:

redevelopment schemes for much of the city

UCLA Virtual Los Angeles Project

• Real-time simulation of Los Angeles basin (10k sq. mi.)

• “Accurate enough for the graffiti on walls and signs in windows to be legible”

• Developed using Multigen software

• Requires very advanced computing hardware and resources

Downtown LA & LAX Airport

3D Metric Orange County

• Virtual simulation tool for planning wireless communications

• Building-by-building database

• Little known about cost of development or maintenance

Orange County, California

Planet 9 Virtual Los Angeles

• Web-based VRML models

• Los Angeles County, Downtown, Convention Center, Beverly Hills

• Commercial demo., community outreach, virtual information tool

Los Angeles County & Rodeo Drive

San Francisco

• San Francisco Bay Area: San Jose, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland

• Earthquake redevelopment• Financial District dominated

by banking and investment houses

Planet 9 Virtual Bay Area

• Commissioned by NASA• Impressively detailed: 4000

buildings, each texture mapped• Impressive vistas as a backdrop

to the built environment• High end simulation

Bay Area

Planet 9 Virtual San Francisco 2.0

• Commissioned by NASA• Impressively detailed: 4000

buildings, each texture mapped• Impressive vistas as a backdrop

to the built environment• High end simulation

Downtown San Francisco

Planet 9 Online Models

• Moscone Center, Rincon Hill, SOMA, W. SOMA, South Beach, Union District, Financial District

• VRML based online models• Advertising, information,

community resources, e-commerce

• Desktop solution

SOMA and Union Districts

Chicago

• Third largest city in the United States

• Regional capital for the Midwest

• Historical epicentre for the ‘Chicago School of Urban Geography’

• Financial district, the Loop, houses the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)

Planet 9 Virtual Chicago

• Web-based virtual environment• Accessible with minimal

computing resources• Potential for interactive

functionality: e-commerce, information tool

• Not as fully developed as San Francisco online models

Chicago skyline and detail

3D Metric Chicago

• Virtual simulation tool for planning wireless communications

• Building-by-building database containing information such as building heights, foliage, etc.

Downtown Chicago

Urban Data Solutions Chicago

• Integrated CAD, GIS, and VR models

• ‘On-Net’: an online environment for organizing infromation

• High-end PC hardware• Microstation software• Medium cost solution

Downtown Chicago