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Regional Planning Committee meeting, May 2, 2003

On May 2, 2003, the Regional Workbench Consortium (RWBC) hosted a meeting of SANDAG's Regional Planning Committee at the Martin Johnson House, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Special thanks to:
Carolina Gregor and Mike McLaughlin for encouraging SANDAG-RWBC collaboration.
Lori Holt Pfeiler (Mayor, City of Escondido), Regional Planning Committee Chair, for leading the session.
Jason Wiskerchen and Cindy Santini for providing key logistical support and guidance on overall RWBC Web development.

Click here for an agenda of the May 2 meeting

Regional Planning Committee (description taken from the RPC Web site)
The Regional Planning Committee provides oversight for the preparation and implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Plan (RCP) that is based on the local general plans and regional plans and addresses interregional issues with surrounding counties and Mexico. The components of the plan could include: transportation, housing, environment (shoreline, open space, air, water quality, habitat), economy, regional infrastructure needs and financing as well as land use and design components of the regional growth management strategy. The Regional Planning Committee receives input from the Regional Planning Technical Working Group (planning directors from throughout the region) and the Regional Planning Stakeholders Working Group (stakeholders from throughout the region). Recommendations of the Committee are forwarded to the SANDAG Board of Directors for action.

Memembers of the RWBC gave the Regional Planning Committee an overview (demo) of our various information and visualization technology innovations, including the Solid Terrain Model shown in the two images below.

May 2 RPC Meeting Images

Alejandro Hinojosa and Lawrence Falkner explain how the
Solid Terrain Model of the Regional Canvas was created.
Click here for a close up of the Regional Canvas STM
Click here for the image used to create the Regional Canvas

The UCSD-TV film crew, led by producer Shannon Bradley, captures the scene.

Graham Kent flys the group around the Regional Canvass in the SIO Visualization Center,
(special thanks to Graham Kent and Debi Kilb for hosting the RPC at their Center)

Ilya Zaslavsky and Shane DeGross demo on-line interactive mapping technology,
and the TELESIS Quality of Life Web site

Jeff Sale demos his on-line 3D visualizaton tools, and John Ryan shows new methods
for sharing images (interactive panoramas) from field sites.

On May 29, 2003, the Regional Workbench Consortium will hold its first annual EXPO (our "Roll Out"). The Expo will include an opening plenary, four information and visualization technology DEMOS, lunch and a closing session followed by a reception. Space is limited to 160 participants. For more information, visit the May 29 registration page