A Visualization System for Urban Planning and Design

In this study, we developed a landscape visualization system, which we named town-maker, to generate the virtual reality image of urban landscape by using virtual reality modeling language (VRML) and plant modeling techniques. In order to test the feasibility of the landscape visualization system, we applied the system to a park with water space surrounded by large amount of green. We also simulated the landscape of a park with buildings by town-maker. The results showed that the virtual reality (VR) image by the system helped the public understanding of the concept of the urban planning.