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Category Archives: Planning
Release of “Changing Landscapes in the Garden State”
The last month has literally been a blur as we’ve worked to get the data for the report together and then into a series of interactive, animated web maps that show the progression of urban change over 21 years. Continue reading
Posted in Data, Google Maps, Planning, Visualization, Web Mapping
Tagged Animation, Land Use, visualization
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Urban design photos
I’ve been organizing my digital photography library and posting some of my better pictures to flickr. The “Urban Design” collection highlights pictures that illustrate important urban design principles. I plan on using these photos for the future planning classes at … Continue reading
Lack of a pedestrian realm
Walking two miles (or more) might be considered ridiculous for those with access to a car, however biking two, three, five or miles in Florida can be considered recreation. Continue reading
Posted in Cars, Planning, Transportation
Tagged design, Florida, pedestrian, Southwest Florida, walkability
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State Planning hasn’t changed all that much…
Encourage development in and around our cities. Preserve areas of environmental importance, such as the Highlands and Pinelands. Plan accordingly for agriculture. Continue reading
Posted in Government, New Jersey State Atlas, Planning
Tagged new jersey, New Jersey State Atlas, Planning, State Plan
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Architecture, five cents.
What was initially a concept project has ballooned into a movement promoting an open, candid discussion about local architectural issues. Architecture 5ยข is an attempt to get the public talking about architecture. I think this is a great idea – … Continue reading
Posted in In the News, Planning
Tagged Architecture, Community Visioning, Outreach, Planning
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Latest Google Earth has historic aerial photography
Digital Urban has a writeup of one of the newest, perhaps most exciting feature to be added to Google Earth. Historic aerial photography! For many places around the globe, you now have access to previous aerial photography, as far back … Continue reading
Wired on Open-Source Planning
Atanas sent me a link to this article on Wired about the Open Planning Project. I think the Open Planning Project is a great group and GeoServer is a cool application, however I think Wired missed the point. They quote … Continue reading
Posted in Planning, Technology, Web Mapping
Tagged Community Visioning, Geoserver, GIS, open source, Planning
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Michael Batty on the Growth of Cities
Over on Digital Urban, Professor Michael Batty discusses the limits of city growth. I had the opportunity to meet Professor Batty after a talk he gave at Rutgers.
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Unsold cars requiring more and more space
Automobile manufacturers are cutting back on production as they cannot sell what they have on hand. This results in the staging areas at the ports becoming crowded with new cars that have nowhere to go. I find this ironic (in … Continue reading
The Blue Comet
In my previous post, I mentioned the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The Blue Comet is likely the most memorable service from that fallen flag. Running from the Communipaw Terminal in Jersey City, across southern Newark Bay into Elizabeth, then … Continue reading
Posted in Google Earth, Mass Transit, Planning
Tagged Atlantic City, Blue Comet, Google Earth, New York, Winslow Junction
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