Urban Simulation
Using SkylineGlobe’s robust and comprehensive API, you can freely develop a customized 3D geospatial web or desktop application
that provides urban planners and environmental managers with the environment and
tools to monitor environmental impacts, assess constituents’ needs, and insure adherence
to regulatory guidelines. By overlaying a wide range of geospatial data on actual terrain, you can create
easy-to-understand 3D worlds that give concerned parties an accurate representation
of a proposed project’s aesthetic and environmental impact before work begins.
Share project designs with large audiences over the Internet
Constituents can enjoy easy access to proposed development plans and evaluate alternative
design proposals. With SkylineGlobe, constituents can visualize the impact a proposed
building will have on the city’s skyline and on the character of the area.
Collaborate over the Internet with team members before breaking ground
Plans can be shared with the engineers, architects, and surveyors involved in a
project.
Visualize, analyze, and compare design options
Use SkylineGlobe’s measurement and advanced analysis tools or create other
analysis tools of your own, using SkylineGlobe’s comprehensive API to evaluate environmental
and aesthetic design implications.
Increase public awareness of environmental issues
Inspire greater concern for environmental issues and local conservation activities,
by providing constituents with a geographic context and access to dynamic data from
environmentally-at-risk areas.
Help public officials identify areas environmentally at risk
SkylineGlobe can be used to display, monitor and analyze environmental effects in
a 3D geospatial context. The interactive 3D scene provides a simple to use and easy
to understand view of complex information.
Urban Planning and Environmental Management Applications
Skyline software supports urban design collaboration and the promotion of environmental concerns:
Gaining Public Support for Urban Design
Before construction begins, SkylineGlobe can be used to provide constituents with
greater access to the building process. Constituents will be able to interactively
navigate through a photo-realistic 3D model of the planned construction, and compare
it to the present condition and to alternative proposals. This allows them to independently
answer their questions, before construction begins, and without the misconceptions
that invariably result from picturing a 3D form based on 2D drawings Does a proposed
design obstruct a particular view? Does the shadow of one building fall on another
at specific points in time? Do the height, form and design of the building fit in
with surrounding architecture? Can the proposed density of use be adequately supported
by local transportation infrastructure? What zoning variances are required for development?
Local and Internet data sources can be integrated for additional information regarding
these issues and others.
Promoting Environmental Concerns
SkylineGlobe can be used to assess and display the specific effects of hazardous
waste disposal, pesticides, pollution, industrial development, etc. on water and
air quality, fish population, wildlife, soil stability and more. Current data can
be compared with historical data to demonstrate trends and patterns. Geographically
accurate representations of polluted water bodies or receding coastlines, linked
to local and Internet sources of information on causes and solutions of these problems,
will significantly promote environmental awareness and activism.
Architectural Design Collaboration
Designs can be unveiled over the Internet or intranet, alternative proposals suggested,
and the terrain can be collaboratively annotated with text labels, free hand drawing,
and new 2D and 3D objects, until a successful design is produced.
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