Thanks to a kind invitation from Wally Siembab to present at the well-attendedSouth Bay Cities Council of Governments' Seventh Annual General Assembly, I had the opportunity to unveil my annual list of the top technologies for planning. I briefly presented each of the top eight technology tools, and then provide one or more examples of each.
Thanks to a kind invitation from Wally Siembab to present at the well-attendedSouth Bay Cities Council of Governments' Seventh Annual General Assembly, I had the opportunity to unveil my annual list of the top technologies for planning.
I briefly presented each of the top eight technology tools, and then provide one or more examples of each. Following is the list, along with my examples. (The image to the right is from Envision Tool's very cool online impact analysis interface. This image is at least a year old, and according to their website, the new tools are even more compelling. Thanks to Mike Walsh for letting me use these images in my presentation.)
1. Blogs
2. Project Portals
3. Web Mapping
UCLA's Neighborhood Knowledge, California
4. E-Permitting
5. Visualization
6. 3D GIS
7. Educational Tools
8. Online Impact Analysis
Other toosl include:
At the conclusion of the presentation, I asked the 150+ conference participants to vote on their favorite tools, and it appeared that the participants, which included a large public-sector contingent, felt that Web Mapping, Visualization, and Online Permitting were the tools with the most promise in 2006.
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