Technology
Google Earth
Google releases a free application which combines satellite imagery, maps and Google Search to browse the world.
Google Building 3D Maps
Google apparently plans to use trucks equipped with lasers and digital photographic equipment to create a realistic 3D, online version of San Francisco and other major US cities.
Using Google Maps For Demographics
Google's four-month old mapping service is being used in interesting ways to display a wide variety of demographic information.
Urban Graffiti For The Internet Age
New services enable Internet users to "hyperlink" the real world.
Alexandria,VA, Offers Free Outdoor WiFi Access
Is free wireless internet access a useful amenity that a city can provide, or does it only cater to "very affluent techno elites?"
100 Most Unwired U.S. Cities
Intel's 3rd Annual "Most Unwired Cities" survey ranks the top 100 U.S. cities and regions for the greatest wireless Internet accessibility
Morality And The Shady Origin Of Maps
Daniel Charles offers a fascinating introduction to GIS and the field's apparently shady origins.
Mapping A Community's Health Needs
A Toronto website sheds light on community 's health needs.
Mapping The Probability Of Earthquake Shaking
The USGS begins publishing maps that show the probability of earthquake shaking in the next 24 hours in California.
Does Bad GIS Data Equal Hidden Taxes?
Does unreliable data and analysis result in hidden taxes in the form of higher costs for infrastructure?
Miniaturized Technology Helps Create Better Land Use Opportunities
New wireless technology is allowing scientists more freedom in tracking ecological studies for urban planning.
New Global Land Cover Image Is 'Sharpest Ever'
Satellite image mosaic is the most detailed picture of the earth's land cover.
Scientists Create New 'Bendable' Concrete
University of Michigan scientists have created bendable concrete that is 40 percent lighter than regular concrete.
Rapid 3-D Urban Modelling
Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley devise a way to map a city, street by street, recording every window and doorway.
Broadband Nation
Business 2.0 provides an overview of leading-edge broadband implementers across the US.
A City Is Not A Toy: How SimCity Plays With Urbanism
A detailed account of the relationship between the influential computer game SimCity and urban planning.
Flying Cars And NASA's 'Highway In The Sky'
NASA's "Highway in the Sky" system will let millions fly using personal flying machines being developed by inventors.
Surprises In Satellite Imagery
Google's satellite image service may increase public interest in imaging technology and the surprises that lurk in imaging data.
Robotics Could Transform Building Construction
University of Southern California professor is working on a machine that could build houses.
The Largest Hot Spot In The World
People all over the world are watching to see if a city of 135 square miles can become one big Internet hot spot.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
Eagle County Government
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Nashville Planning Department
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
Journal of the American Planning Association
