Autodesk has announced that Vancouver has been chosen
as a pilot for its digital cities initiative, which focuses on applying digital 3D urban modeling technology to helping cities plan future development, increase the sustainability of urban environments, and make it easier for citizens to get involved in the development of their communities by integrating architectural, engineering, and geospatial/GIS data with transporation, utility and communications networks into intelligent 3D models.
Vancouver is the third digital city pilot announced by Autodesk. The two other pilot cities announced by Autodesk are Salzburg, Austria and Incheon, Korea.
Vancouver is known for applying geospatial technology to improve communications
with its citizens. The best known example is VanMap, a web-based application that provides access to view corridors, street names, property lines, zoning information, and locations of sewer and water mains. To give you a feel for what you can find on VanMap, some of the things that have been recently made available on VanMap are
- Orthophotos
- Voting divisions and voting places
- Vancouver School Board French Immersion School Catchment Areas
- Poster Cylinders – places where someone can legally put posters on City property.
- Neighbourhood Integrated Service Team (NIST) area boundaries – NIST is a City program supporting neighbourhoods.
- Property identifiers (PID) from the Land Titles Office – clicking on these displays a report on the property
- Traffic Counts – displays automated traffic count information as well as manual traffic counts.
Vancouver is the site of the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
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