A local production company, Terra Incognita, has put together a remarkable resource for the design and development community. Using wikipedia technology this website acts as a community portal which projects can be uploaded and shown in context with other upcoming area development. Check out http://www.urbanaustin.org/ for more info.This effort parallels some of the opportunities available through Google Earth where considerable progress has been made to tie the software and the 3D model of the City that it can generate to local planning and development information. The hope is that with project information updated in real time by the community as a whole, the users can make decisions with a greater general awareness for what the future area context might ultimately be.
Our next committee meeting will touch on these planning resources and how they can aid architects, planners and the region as a whole.
