Design Coordination Regarding Urban Design Guidelines Using Google Earth

Our study targeted representative urban design guidelines to enhance public understanding. In particular, we concentrated on developing a tool for stakeholders to improve their understanding of urban design guidelines determined by related laws and regulations. In this paper, we suggest that Google Earth can not only display a detailed district plan of the urban design guidelines or related documents but can also offer a possible method for stakeholders to experience the planning site from anywhere via the Internet. Stakeholders can refer to other planning projects on Google Earth at the same time. Thus, urban design guidelines can be more intuitive and dramatic to both professional planners and stakeholders.