Interactive 3D Models for Planning
What better to do on a wet and wild Saturday than play around with some KML and the Google Earth plugin?
I unearthed some old work I did and it struck me how ahead of the times it was, using 3D models to show a community what planning applications in their area looked like. It does make me wonder why it isn’t a requirement to publish all large planning applications like this so that communities can visualise and discuss the impact of planning applications.
This is the first time I’ve had a play with the GEarth plugin and I must say it was a doddle to throw together this simple viewer:
The large tower block was the planning application in question, does anybody know if it went ahead?
Christopher Osborne
I think South Cambridgeshire DC have been doing this for quite a long time, at least for their planning committee.
@steven
There is a big difference between showing it to the planning committee and making them available to the public. Any idea if its the former or the latter?
Southampton have been doing this with their City Vision Centre – engaging tools for the public, including digital and physical models highlighting large planning applications.
More details on this here:
http://www.cityvisionsouthampton.org.uk
and here:
http://www.cityvisionnetworks.co.uk