los angeles city of four million (ten million in the los angeles hinterland) largest city in the...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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3D Metric Chicago
• Virtual simulation tool for planning wireless communications
• Building-by-building database containing information such as building heights, foliage, etc.
Downtown Chicago
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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