Location
Expectations for quick answers, intuitive usability, and gee
wiz imagery have increased dramatically as a result of technologies ranging
from Google Earth to the iPhone to gaming systems like the Wii. PlaceMattters,
at several events across the country, has given demonstrations of motion/touch
sensitive, and location aware tools that can be used to enhance public
participation in community planning and explores the challenges of integrating
these tools with professional planning. Presentations utilize iPhones, keypads, cell phones,
and touch sensitive to demonstrate a range of applications and techniques
including:
building asset maps with a team of GPS enabled iPhones and/or touch sensitive tablets;
- building asset maps with a team of GPS enabled iPhones
and/or touch sensitive tablets;
- using wiki-style sites to collect ideas and collaboratively
author documents while in a town meeting or dispersed around town;
- utilizing drag and drop functionality to rapidly prioritize
a list of next steps;
- collecting photos/comments and using enterprise technology
to have everything show up instantly in a common space for others to
see;
- using push technology to keep people constantly but
unobtrusively aware of new posts and therefore remain more engaged in
discussions;
- demonstrating fly-through 3D visualizations of a mainstreet
development with the iPhone sensing movement just like a steering wheel;
- crowdstorming with AnyWare Planning in a town meeting
setting as well as linking people virtually from multiple locations; and
- setting up polling questions on the fly via mPolls.org and
AnyWarePolling.org and using mobile phones (including session participants) to
vote as a group and see results despite having no additional hardware or WiFi.
Contact us if would like PlaceMatters to present some of
these innovative technologies to your community or at some event you’re
planning.
