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Visualization In Municipal Planning, Andrew C. Galusha May 2006

Visualization In Municipal Planning, Andrew C. Galusha

Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Masters Projects

In recent years a variety of groups have been using combinations of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Real Time, Virtual Reality modeling for planning applications, as described by Barnes. For these applications, Virtual Reality modeling was used to show existing conditions as well as the effects proposed planning decisions would have on a community. These models allow users, whether they are planners or community residents, to see these effects and make changes to their planning strategies accordingly (Barnes 2002).

The CommunityViz staff describes how the models being used are generated with real time modeling developed for the gaming and simulation …