Technology
The Camera Phone: A New Trend In Real Estate?
Real estate and construction professionals are taking advantage of camera phones. Could they have a future in planning?
E-Government & Planning: West Cambridge Master Plan
The University of Cambridge, England, uses technology to explain the university's development plans to staff, students, alumni, and the community.
Personal GPS Helps Blind Navigate
A personal GPS device provides verbal navigation information for the blind.
A Low Cost (Open Source) Web GIS
The University of Minnesota Mapserver is a open-source map server that offers a dramatically lower-cost alternative to to existing proprietary web-enabled geographic information systems.
Making Roads Smart
Will technology solve our traffic problems? More traffic managers are experimenting with intelligent transportation systems.
MIT Media Labs Invents Digital Walking Maps
A digital map combines walking speed, time constraints, and information about street patterns to generate maps showing areas within walking distance.
The French Connection: Creating A Wireless City
Paris launches a massive project to create a seamless wireless network and provide Internet connectivity across the city.
The Future Of High-tech Housing
Popular Science Magazine features a Swedish housing complex that is ecologically sound and wired.
Towns Up For Sale On EBay Still Unsold
The failure of EBay to sell small California towns casts doubts on the online real estate auction model.
Ancient Architecture Rises Up In Ohio
A 3-D digital restoration project recreates architectural wonders of the ancient world.
Surveillance Nation, Part Two
MIT's Technology Review continues its in-depth examination of the proliferation of public monitoring technologies.
London Underground's Tube Games
The London Underground offers a series of online games, including subway car racing.
Planning Websites And Accessibility
The Southern California Association of Governments growth visioning website is profiled as an example of making technology accessible.
County Radio Network Emerges A Role Model
Fraught with problems during its 20 year development, the Orange County emergency radio network is declared a model for the nation.
Segway Begins Community Study In Celebration
Segway is undertaking a 100-participant study in Celebration, Florida.
The Woman Behind The Exhaust-free Car
A GM engineer is eyeing a hydrogen-fueled car that would replace the internal-combustion engine. By Todd Wilkinson
Seattle Monorail Declared Historic
Seattle's Landmarks Preservation Board has declared the Seattle Center monorail historic, complicating plans for a new line.
GPS Technology Is Vulnerable
Attempts to jam GPS-based weapons and navigation systems are a reminder of just how vulnerable GPS technology really is.
How To Measure A City's Success
Communities across the nation have launched formal "indicators" projects.
Live Traffic Reports On Your Handheld
A GPS-enabled handheld device running new Mapopolis software can track your location and warn you of slow traffic conditions ahead.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
EMC Planning Group, Inc.
Planetizen
Planetizen
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
