Ecological Emphasis Dismisses Standard Notions of ‘Park’
When we hear the word “park,” many of us envision swings, slides, and colorful climbing structures because this is how most of today’s children’s parks were designed. In fact, many of these parks are indistinguishable from one another. Urban communities, however, are starting to ask for something different. They want more. They want the opportunity… Read More »
Tags: Ecological History, Ecological Park Design, Landscape Architecture, Natural Resource Inventory, Nature Based Parks, Park, Park Design
Through or Around? Lots of Options for Accommodating Traffic During Construction
Concrete paving proceeds along East Washington Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin. Four lanes of traffic were maintained on this six-lane arterial during construction. By Kim Ballweg, PE When it’s time for a community to reconstruct a busy street, visions of orange barrels cause foreheads to wrinkle reflexively. It can be hard to get from Point A… Read More »
Tags: Detour Routes, Road Closure, Road Construction, Temporary Signage, Traffic Detours, Traffic Staging, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Work Zone
Struggling with Data Storage? Cloud Hosting May be Your Solution
By Zachary Nienow, GISP Think for a moment about the typical digital photos you take on your personal camera or cell phone. Each selfie, vacation picture, or candid shot of your kids is likely 5 to 10 megabytes in size. Now imagine a typical countywide high-resolution orthoimagery project, which can be up to 1 terabyte.… Read More »
Tags: Cloud Storage, Cloud-based hosting, Geospatial, LiDAR, LiDar Datasets, Orthoimagery