Archinect - News2024-05-05T22:11:50-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/143988201/see-2-000-years-of-urban-growth-around-the-world-with-this-interactive-map
See 2,000 Years of Urban Growth Around the World With This Interactive Map Alyssa Alimurung2015-12-22T19:20:00-05:00>2015-12-22T19:20:33-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/rc/rc8u9akd6cj5c57t.gif" border="0" /><em><p>Back in 1 A.D., ancient civilizations like the Mayans experienced “urban booms” of their own. This mind-boggling interactive map made by Esri puts thousands of years of global population growth into perspective, ultimately showing us that NYC is kind of just a blip on the radar—or in this case, the 2,000-year timeline of life.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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Harnessing the power of geodesign to create better cities and spaces Amelia Taylor-Hochberg2015-03-30T19:05:00-04:00>2015-04-05T09:44:21-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9z/9zyaq7791jovum6v.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A major frustration across architecture and urban design professions is the Tower of Babel problem – translating data from a host of different resources into a coherent platform for designing and planning. In particular, learning how to wield geographic data is an essential part of any urban project. Accessing that information, through resources like GIS (Geographic Information Systems) is a first step for many designers, but translating it into a consistent and useful language is a whole other matter, let alone learning how to optimize its use for the many phases throughout a project’s design and implementation.</p><p>The practice of geodesign integrates site-specific data, by means of geographic and mapping technologies, into the design process. Leveraging geographic information about a site leads to stronger evidence-based designs, and can be used for making smarter 3D city models. <a href="http://www.esri.com/about-esri/initiatives" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ESRI</a><a href="http://www.esri.com/about-esri/initiatives" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">, Inc.</a> specializes in exactly such technologies, and is working to make them useful for all design pro...</p>