GeoDesign Approach in Vital Landscapes Project

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214 S. Jombach, L. Kollányi, J. L. Molnár, Á. Szabó and T. D. Tóth “Photo Landscape“ module of the website allows registered users to upload landscape photos. The place of photo exposition can be marked with placemark on google maps. Occasionally photo competition is organised in various categories. The non-relevant or landscape indifferent photos are removed from the platform and the most adequate, nice and characteristic photos win the contest. This is the very first application of the website to create a common online community based platform about the pilot area. Fig. 2: The concept of Geodesign approach in Vital Landscapes Project “Personal landscape” module further encourages stakeholders to participate with their subjective opinions in landscape analysis. Stakeholders of the pilot landscape as registered users of the website can upload any kind of materials about the landscape e.g.: text, photo, images, maps, placemarks, video and audio documents, or even recommended weblinks. Users can evaluate the landscape and the applications of the website too with registered online activity. Evaluation of the landscape has various ways. It is possible to comment info, to rate heritage, to vote about future alternatives as part of following modules. “Tangible landscape values” module presents appreciated elements of the pilot landscape. Old trees, significant historically relevant buildings, built structures related to land use or other various types of landscape values. The landscape elements are registered by users just as location, photos, name, description and categories of values. “Intangible heritage” module has a similar approach but deals with values of not exact location, not tangible
GeoDesign Approach in Vital Landscapes Project 215 objects, but spirit and history. It manages traditional characteristics of the landscape hold as values. Most of the heritage and landscape values are non-protected, and are in continuous danger thanks to inaccurate human activities or harmful natural processes. These are important part of our cultural heritage and determine landscape character as well. “Visual landscape” module provides a 3D visualisation of landscape with help of Google Earth. Landscape characteristics and distinct landscape elements are visualised GIS layers in three dimensions. Various image and vector data is shown for the territory of the pilot landscape. Layers of Google Earth like road network, boundaries, panoramio photos, 3D buildings, sunlight etc. are integrated. Vital Landscape Project developed photo-realistic models of buildings in villages of pilot area, and made it visible on Google Earth. “Knowledge base” module is a platform that refers on all other modules or integrates parts of them. It offers the visibility of additional landscape analysis and assessment. These all contribute to the final module where the users can decide about future development of the landscape. In “Decision landscape” module users can express their preferences concerning landscape development. These two modules enhance knowledge based landscape assessment and stakeholder oriented decision support for future scenario assessment. 4 Results The most important result is the website that follows a kind of landscape planning and management process. It is based on the steps of landscape perception, data collection, survey, analysis, evaluation, visualisation, assessment, decision and planning. Most of the modules are continuously under development and are uploaded with materials, maps, photos, descriptions and GIS datasets. The website aims the stakeholders of the Hungarian pilot landscape, and the partnership is kept informed about the structure, techniques and the general development. The users of the website do mostly belong to the younger generation. They visit the photo contest and visual landscape applications. The photo contest organised on the website resulted in more than 150 photo uploads. This is promising in this extremely underdeveloped landscape. Two years of surveys in the pilot area resulted more than 200 landscape elements considered as relevant values. Students and landscape professionals do continuously work on further surveys. Another effort is to involve inhabitants and other stakeholders in heritage and landscape value surveys. The website has multiple functions. Besides that it shows visualisation, use of GIS data, and historical images, which were general requirements in the project, it has basically a combined role of a community based knowledge management and GIS based decision support. Nevertheless it applies new visualisation channels to interpret landscape by integrating GoogleMaps and GoogleEarth applications and photorealistic visualisations of SketchUp or occasionally VNS3 software. Decision module offers alternative landscape futures and members of the community can express their opinion and make their decision in personal landscape module. The different alternatives can be commented and rated, the proposals can be liked or disliked, territorial developments can be supported or not supported. Rating landscape elements and future alternatives is a very important function, as on one hand it enhances awareness and activity of locals, and on the other hand professionals can gain information about values, way of thinking, and norms of locals.
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