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MODEL 5: THE VIRTUAL MODEL ROOMSECTION 3: THE MODELLING ELEMENTS OF THE GSDFA virtual model room has been established to display various portions of the GCR as anindication of how these areas may appear, in block-modelling terms, as a result of thevarious policies, infrastructure and performance criteria applied to that area. When viewingthe GSDF on the web, an icon indicates that there is an indicative, illustrative view of thenature of the urban environment intended. By clicking on this icon, one is able to join theVirtual Model room and view, in three-dimensional form, an area of similar type and tomove around this model and zoom in on it at will. In this way, one is able to deal withvisualising an urban future as a result of the interventions, policy directives, guidance andencouragement inherent in the GSDF (refer to figure Figure 3-11 and Figure 3-12).Figure 3-11: The Virtual Model room: Fourways node - existing situationFigure 3-12: The Virtual Model room: Fourways node - a possible futuresupported by a mass-transit system47 GAUTENG SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 2011 GAUTENG GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY