Here's a typical blog about the emergence of end-user tools for digital capture
of urban information:
http://digitalurban.blogspot.com/2007/09/top-5-urban-gadgets-and-software.html
The last bit is interesting where they say:
"""
We know that there are users our there that view SketchUp as a tool for the
masses and frown upon its simple tool set and interface. Yet this is what its
all about, mass participation in modeling and geographic information using
simple to use yet powerful toolsets.
In essence this is the start of a longer list of recommend hardware and software
of note is our lack of mention of ESRI, 3D Max, Laser Scanners or other high end
software/hardware.
The market is changing and with it both the software and levels of hardware
required, to be continued..
"""
So it's becoming an interesting question of what a community might be able to do
when you combine data collection via SketchUp, Google Maps/Earth, cheap GPS
devices, and GeoCoded photos and augment that with 3D GIS-based agent-based
models. What type of applications could we imagine if data could be managed in a
peer-to-peer way with groups within the community having private and public data
layers? How might these tools help a community organize around different issues?
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