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Projects

Projects

The Center for Spatial Planning Analytics and Visualization undertakes a vast number of research projects across a variety of disciplines. Our expertise lies in our ability to analyze, extract, and present complicated location-based information to end users across multiple digital environments. Our results ultimately help our sponsors make informed science-based decisions on a given topic.

Here you will find many of our projects from the past few years. Besides presenting our research results in journal articles, reports, and elsewhere, delivery to sponsors sometimes comes in the form of an online, interactive map application or data visualization tool. Some are on this page, but you will find more examples on our Interactive Maps and Tools page.

Sustainable Urbanization

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Atlanta Community Resilience

We are using transportation and land use aspects to examine the resilience of three Atlanta neighborhoods.
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Assessing Urban Tree Canopy

This study quantified Atlanta's tree canopy to help leaders better understand and manage forest resources.
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Tracking the Atlanta Streetcar

This project aimed to help inform decisions about the streetcar's future and the future of transit in the metro area.
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A map from the Urban Form and Energy Index project.

Urban Form and Energy Index

This project clarified connections between urban form and use, and energy use in the built environment and transport.
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DeKalb Industrial Land and Economy Study

We developed an information base to help create an industrial land strategy for DeKalb County, Georgia.
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HouseATL Data Collective

This initiative is designed to build a unified database of subsidized affordable housing in the metro Atlanta area.
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Greenspace Support

This ongoing research has resulted in several interactive geospatial applications showing changes over time in Atlanta.
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Georgia's Coastal Canopy

Georgia's Coastal Tree Canopy

This research examines canopy change between 2010-2019 in Georgia's six oceanfront counties

Immersive Visualization and Simulation

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Storm Water Management

We developed an application to visualize Georgia Tech's underground storm water management system.
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Arboretum

This augmented reality application for mobile devices and tablets lets users view trees interactively.
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Georgia World Congress Center Visualization

We created 3D Models of the Georgia World Congress Center to visualize growth from its inception to future development
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Aerial view of the eco commons

3D visualization of Eco Commons and Campus Center

We created a visualization of future development of Eco Commons and Campus Center
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VR models of the GT campus

CampusVR

We have created an immersive experience of the Georgia Tech campus
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GT Eco-Tour

We developed a mobile application for the presentation of sustainability of the Georgia Tech Atlanta Campus
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3D Campus Update

We create and maintain 3D models of the GT campus and surrounding area
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Planning Support

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Georgia Coastal and Marine Planner

GCAMP helps define an offshore energy licensing and permitting process and close communication gaps between agencies.
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G-WRAP

The Georgia Wetlands Restoration Access Portal helps regulators monitor and manage the state's coastal wetlands.
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Georgia Wetlands Toolkit

This Esri software extension is designed to simplify and enhance the use of Georgia's wetlands data in a GIS environment.
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Gorillas in Rwanda.

Conserving Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda

We work with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International to map, analyze, and visualize gorilla movements.
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ALIGN

This interactive app provides information about accessibility, traffic and other location and navigation factors.
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Offshore Renewable Energy Potential

These maps and graphics help professionals, academics, and agencies assess Georgia's offshore wind energy potential.
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Urban Forest Management

This project was designed to develop geospatial tools to better manage trees on an urban campus.
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HELP for Fulton County Cities

Our Health, Environment, and Livability Platform helped communities see where to target policies and programs.
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Municipal Incorporations

This interactive, map-based model analyzes the fiscal impact of proposed annexations on DeKalb County, Georgia.
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A screen shot of the Atlanta's Charming Neighborhoods tool.

Atlanta’s Charming Neighborhoods

This project measures and visualizes Atlanta’s neighborhood quality using a model driven by social media data.
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Social Media Analysis for Transit Assessment

This ride-hailing service assessment used a multi-kernel convolution neural network to analyze social media text.
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Atlanta City Design

These applications allow for dynamic visualization of build-out scenarios in a browser-based 3D environment.
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Historic Land Cover Change in Georgia

This project quantified and visualized land use change in Georgia at varying scales since the early 1970s.
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A screen shot of the wetlands tool.

GIS Desktop Wetlands Identification

This project gives environmental managers an overview of current standard approaches for desktop identification of wetlands.
TRIP Platform

Thrive Regional Infrastructure Portal

Learn more about freight industry, logistics data, and transportation infrastructure in the greater Chattanooga region
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Image and Data Processing

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COPACES

The Computerized Pavement Condition Evaluation System collects data for 18,000 miles of Georgia highways.
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Managing Pavement Assets

This project helped establish a Pavement Management System for Georgia’s local transportation agencies.
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Pavement Management Strategies

This system uses imaging data and video to extract road characteristics such as rutting and cracking.
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Enhancing GDOT's Pavement Design

Georgia's Department of Transportation used this handheld GPS-and-wireless-camera system to collect field data.
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Remote Sensing GAMS

This GIS-Based Asset Management System uses lasers and algorithms to improve roadway asset management.
A screen shot of the Real-Time Flood Risk Modeling tool.

Real-Time Flood Risk Modeling

This project used social media data analytics to develop innovative, dynamic flood models for coastal Georgia.
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