Tool or toy? Virtual globes in landscape planning

Future Internet

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 204-227

  Schroth, Olaf ^a   Pond, Ellen ^a   Campbell, Cam ^a   Cizek, Petr ^a   Bohus, Stephen ^b   Sheppard, Stephen R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Software Developer   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community engagement; Geographic information systems; Landscape planning; Landscape visualization; Open data; Scenario planning; Virtual globes

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SURVEYS; TOYS;

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; GEO-SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; INTERACTIVE 3-D MODELS; PARTICIPATORY PLANNING; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; STATIC VISUALIZATIONS; TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS;

SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

EID: 84906055345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19995903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/fi3040204     Document Type: Article

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