What’s Next for Urban Planning Technology?

1. Text Messaging2. Social Media3. Mobile Interaction4. 311 Reporting5. Virtual Worlds and Gaming6. Community Mapping7. Crowdsourcing Planning8. Interactive Data 9. Augmented Reality10. Touch Tables

Text Messaging

Share your Opinion

72%

Share your Opinion

3000 messages

Share your opinion

Text Your Vote

We are going to introduce a technology and a use case.

Would you use it?

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Shortfalls

Benefits

Participation On-the-go

1. Text Messaging2. Social Media3. Mobile Interaction4. 311 Reporting5. Virtual Worlds and Gaming6. Community Mapping7. Crowdsourcing Planning8. Interactive Data 9. Augmented Reality10. Touch Tables

BuffaloGreenCode.com

1. Text Messaging2. Social Media3. Mobile Interaction4. 311 Reporting5. Virtual Worlds and Gaming6. Community Mapping7. Crowdsourcing Planning8. Interactive Data 9. Augmented Reality10. Touch Tables

www.TourChicagoLakefront.com

1. Text Messaging2. Social Media3. Mobile Interaction4. 311 Reporting5. Virtual Worlds and Gaming6. Community Mapping7. Crowdsourcing Planning8. Interactive Data 9. Augmented Reality10. Touch Tables

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See

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1. Text Messaging2. Social Media3. Mobile Interaction4. 311 Reporting5. Virtual Worlds and Gaming6. Community Mapping7. Crowdsourcing Planning8. Interactive Data 9. Augmented Reality10. Touch Tables

Virtual Worlds and Gaming

Augmented Deliberation

Participatory Chinatown

Embedded Into Town Hall Meeting

Role Play

Multi-user Game

Multi-user game

Experience

Multiple Phases

Baseline Experience

Reframes the Issue

Opens Discussion

1. Text Messaging2. Social Media3. Mobile Interaction4. 311 Reporting5. Virtual Worlds and Gaming6. Community Mapping7. Crowdsourcing Planning8. Interactive Data 9. Augmented Reality10. Touch Tables

Community Remarks website enables real-time visualization of the comments as the meeting is taking place.

Citizen Remarks + See Click Fix = 1 Map

http://www.buffalogreencode.com/community_remarks/mashup.php

Capture planning-related comments before, during, and after

workshops.

Data from multiple sources can

be imported into GIS to create

time-based snapshots of the past

and present to create more

informed plans.

1. Text Messaging2. Social Media3. Mobile Interaction4. 311 Reporting5. Virtual Worlds and Gaming6. Community Mapping7. Crowdsourcing Planning8. Interactive Data 9. Augmented Reality10. Touch Tables

1. Text Messaging2. Social Media3. Mobile Interaction4. 311 Reporting5. Virtual Worlds and Gaming6. Community Mapping7. Crowdsourcing Planning8. Interactive Data 9. Augmented Reality10. Touch Tables

Interactive Data

New Devices

Changing Interfaces and Screens

Data Visualization

Word Cloud

Google Earth

Envision 2050

Set a Baseline

Explore

Learn

1. Text Messaging2. Social Media3. Mobile Interaction4. 311 Reporting5. Virtual Worlds and Gaming6. Community Mapping7. Crowdsourcing Planning8. Interactive Data 9. Augmented Reality10. Touch Tables

Augmented Environments Lab, Georgia Tech

Augmented Environments Lab, Georgia Tech

Visualize the past, present, and future on site

1. Text Messaging2. Social Media3. Mobile Interaction4. 311 Reporting5. Virtual Worlds and Gaming6. Community Mapping7. Crowdsourcing Planning8. Interactive Data 9. Augmented Reality10. Touch Tables

Touch Tables

Cape Cod Workshop

Growth Game

DIY Touch Tables

CommunityViz

Exploration

Data Input

Immediate Results

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