[Opensim-dev] TSB Feasibility Study: Online Virtual Worlds for Urban Regeneration Consultation

[Jeroen van Veen]

there is no data yet in that forge project. It was initiated to extend wixtd's 
TMS tile mapper with openstreetmaps data, but hadn't the time to test with 
mapnik yet.

On Monday 05 January 2009 17:54:48 Nebadon Izumi wrote:
> Hello Ben,
>
> You might be interested to know about the following project on the
> OpenSimulator Forge called "OpenSIM GIS" [
> http://forge.opensimulator.org/gf/project/osgis/ ] .  I personally do not
> know much about the project other than what it does and that it is
> available on our forge. Sorry I can not tell you more about the project,
> but I do hope the link helps you.
>
> Neb
>
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Ben Francis <mail at tola.me.uk> wrote:
> > Dear OpenSim community,
> >
> > I am working on a UK Government Technology Strategy Board funded
> > feasibility study into "using commercial gaming technology to improve the
> > user experience in the urban re-generation consultation process".
> >
> > My part of the study involves investigating using Online Virtual Worlds
> > to create an online resource that would help involve communities in the
> > re-development of urban areas. The idea is to create virtual worlds which
> > mirror real life cities and enable users to explore an accurate 3D map of
> > the area under consideration. The user would also be able to create their
> > own spatial designs from a library of 3D buildings and other geographical
> > primitives such as trees, plants, walls, fences etc.
> >
> > I am interested in including OpenSimulator in my study as a candidate
> > solution. I notice that early experiments into the importing of
> > geospatial data have taken place at slgis.org. Is the importing of
> > geospatial data something that the OpenSimulator project is actively
> > pursuing or supporting and does anyone on this list have experience of
> > doing so?
> >
> > If geospatial applications or interest in integration with such
> > technology exists within the project, I would like to ask further
> > questions about OpenSimulator. Would it be OK to pose these questions to
> > this list?
> >
> > Thanks for your time
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > --
> > Ben Francis
> > http://tola.me.uk
> >
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