Subventions et des contributions :

Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019).

Modern urban design practice includes extensive consultation with multiple stakeholders (city planners,x000D
developers, residents, merchants, and tourists). Often this is carried out through workshops and otherx000D
community-based events that follow a 'charrette-based' model in which participants actively explore alternativex000D
urban designs and discuss the consequences from various perspectives. Working with industry partner Esrix000D
Canada, researchers will adapt Esri's geographic information system (GIS) software tools to integrate with anx000D
existing research prototype that uses a multitouch tabletop display to support urban design charrettes. Thex000D
research will explore alternative representations and interaction techniques that can be used to providex000D
real-time feedback to charrette participants in a variety of formats (2D map-based representations on thex000D
tabletop, 3D aerial and street-level views, and auxiliary information visualizations that supplement the GISx000D
views). A key element of the research will be extensive usability testing with potential user communitiesx000D
including university urban design researchers, city planners, and interaction design experts as part of anx000D
iterative human-centred design process. The expected outcome will be a series of prototypes that test thex000D
feasibility of integrating Esri's existing software tools with urban design collaborative visualization tools, asx000D
well as design recommendations for future Esri software tools that may open new markets for Esri. Threex000D
research questions will be pursued: (a) how to integrate full GIS capability into a multi-display environmentx000D
comprising interactive touch tables, wall displays, and hand-held individual devices, (b) how to utilize GIS tox000D
provide collaborative visual analytics for assessing sustainability implications of an urban design, and (c) howx000D
to achieve these goals using low-cost, commodity hardware and software components that deliver a 'walk upx000D
and use' experience for the general public while meeting the more sophisticated needs of the highly skilledx000D
professionals who facilitate the urban design process.