GIS Data

25 Use Cases for a Spatial OS Created with PLAN 3D

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Using a multi-discipline process that incorporates geo-spatial mapping, graphic design, and 3D tech, we create custom Spaces with 3D map tiles / 3D models and information channels accessed via a spatial interface. All the spaces shown are custom crafted, packaged, and deployed for real-time and interactive use.  Situation Maps and Site Maps are great for land projects, events, future visions, and placing content that support an organization’s operations, training, or outreach. Check out the video to the end to see …

Exploring Digital Twins and Metaverse Capabilities

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Exploring digital twins and metaverse capabilities? As the planets align, we would love to connect with creative projects and businesses about our 3D platforming process, content, and development solutions. We’re piloting high impact projects in our collaborative 3D platform, using 3D models (either purchased, custom designed, or provided by customer) to easily build thematic and use-case specific 3D environments.  We design, package, and deploy your 3D models (and media content / links) onto our emerging platforming tech that enables visualization, …

PLAN 3D

Spatial Collaboration and the Future of Operating Systems – Send this to Elon

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Part 1 – Links and Nodes Spatial Collaboration in a Geo-Nodal Social Trust Network and The Geography of Information Flows | Links and Nodes White Paper ~January 2014. A Geo-Nodal Social Network – Making a platform of platforms within a trust network. Add one or more replicating distributed server nodes; combine with realtime peer-to-peer network and communications applications and templates; connect local and network storage devices for archival robustness, layer on top the geo-spatial information systems (GIS) oriented interfaces; now …

PLAN Systems Technology

PLAN for the Future

b.dwallCurrent Developments, PLAN Technology

Hello Universe, The work that we have been doing since our formation has been about pioneering new systems to upgrade our collaborative capabilities and community resiliency. I’m proud to say that during this time, we’ve meet with hundreds of creators & tech founders, contributed foundational architecture proofs for resilient community systems, and released the PLAN 3D situation builder application with tons of 3D content focused on art, education, regenerative agriculture, and situation awareness. In August 2023, we provided mapping support …

Experiential Design and the Frontiers of Spatial Technology in 2023

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A Creator’s Perspective on Technology So often we are forced to choose between technologies that either aren’t built for what we want to use them for, or that we know don’t really have our best interests at heart. As an audio-visual artists and technologist, here’s what I want to see in a platform technology for creators. It’s not an exhaustive list, but it’s a good start. Intuitive Content Creation: An intuitive user interface and visualization framework that enables the creator …

DWeb Camp 2022 – Hosted by the Internet Archive

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DWeb 2022August, 23 – 28, 2022Camp Navarro, CATo Build a Better InternetDWeb Camp 2022About the Event Designers, Developers, OrganizersRetreat in the RedwoodsDWeb Camp is a five-day retreat where diverse builders and dreamers gather in nature to connect, learn, share, and have fun, while working to build a better web. A web that is more open, private, and secure. A web with many winners — a decentralized web.DWeb Camp 2022 HomepagePLAN Systems at DWeb CampAs the DWeb Austin Node, we are enthusiastic supporters of the …

A Platform for Building the Open Metaverse

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Every network and organizational effort is unique in scope and practice, but we all share the need for robust communication solutions that enable us to connect together, store & share information, and to manage relationships & critical resources. In this way, technology platforms have made decisive improvements for those of us who have access to them, keeping us connected and informed through the information we share. But is that access guaranteed in the future? Can we confidently say that we …

What if the Internet was 3D and Collaborative?

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PLAN 3D (alpha) Demonstration PLAN is an open source software platform being developed for spatial collaboration and community resiliency applications. The featured video is a demonstration of the PLAN 3D (alpha) client interface, featuring highlights of the user experience and capabilities being developed. Sponsor the development of PLAN and get early access to PLAN 3D (alpha) on Mac, Windows, Android, and coming soon to iOS. Access PLAN 3D (alpha) with a donation to PLAN Systems here: https://www.plan-systems.org/gear/plan3d/ Features of PLAN: …

Solarpunk Summit Map

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It’s the Official Solarpunk Summit 3D Map! Come explore a world of art, future technology, and solutions oriented entrepreneurship! This is a playable experience, artistic environment, and an introduction to the Solarpunk Summit community!  What is Solarpunk? Solarpunk is a beautiful envisioning of a world where technology, nature, and the individual are all in balance. Conscious innovators are accessing the human catalog of knowledge and wisdom, and building new regenerative solutions for a world ready for change. Solarpunk is our movement …

PLAN Systems

State of Urgency for Distributed Systems

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Img. 1: Texas Monthly – Winter Storm in PhotosThe 2021 Texas power-grid failure is only the latest in a series of major humanitarian events around the world that underscore the decisive need for community-centric, peer-to-peer, and distributed communications systems. As a USAF intelligence operations veteran, my experience with mission critical systems comes from being a security manager, working with Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) helicopter pilots, and supporting medical evacuation operations in remote locations. With these scenarios in mind, our …

PLAN Demo Reel 2020

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This Demo Reel previews the user experience (UX) development progress of a software collaboration suite with a 3D ready interface. What does that mean though? The bottom line is that people need tools to connect with each other, to better understand and visualize the environment, and to lower barriers to data privacy & accessibility. This is absolutely achievable through a system of open protocols AND universally inclusive interfaces, underpinned by a comprehensive design framework. PLAN Systems – Technology 501(c)(3) Developing …

PLAN Spaces Earth Visualizer

Earth Visualizer – 7min Binaural Reflection

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Earth Visualizer by PLAN Systems – Technology 501(c)(3), with Binaural accompaniment by PhonZzBombs We find ourselves on this living breathing life-support system together, time-traveling through the cosmos. This is our common heritage. Earth Visualizer and PLAN development Earth Visualizer is a prototype Space demo scene made with Unity3D, a highly capable game engine. “Spaces” in PLAN are virtual environments designed for interaction, visualization, and creativity. PLAN Spaces will evolve and adapt to fit many versatile uses, such as educational environments, …

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Welcome to the Team

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Documents for Our JourneyDesign Principles and ContextThe Building Blocks of PLANUse Cases and User Experience IdiomsPLAN Systems Teams and PositionsHow to Apply The tragedy of the commons is not an inevitability, it’s a mythos we can overcome. This idea survives the life and work of Elinor Ostrom. Lin, as she liked to be called, was a scientist and compassionate humanist who helped identify an analytical framework whereby people in community can sustain limited resources over generations. To the surprise of …

Deepfakes Are Going To Wreak Havoc On Society. We Are Not Prepared.

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Rob Toews, Forbes Contributor AI – I write about the big picture of artificial intelligence. Article Link – May 25, 2020,11:54pm EDT Last month during ESPN’s hit documentary series The Last Dance, State Farm debuted a TV commercial that has become one of the most widely discussed ads in recent memory. It appeared to show footage from 1998 of an ESPN analyst making shockingly accurate predictions about the year 2020. As it turned out, the clip was not genuine: it was generated using cutting-edge AI. …

Official Music Video – More Music for a Cause

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“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ― Buckminster Fuller This [Official Music Video] is to help highlight the efforts of PLAN Systems, a Technology 501(c)(3) spearheading the development of critical tools for Privacy, Collaboration, and Universal Inclusion. PLAN is a peer-based Operating System for secure communications, collaborative content management, and immersive environments.

PLAN Beyond Mere Decentralization

Beyond Mere Decentralization – Orthogonal Web

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There is an obvious need to build scalable resilience mechanisms into our social safety net. We no longer have the time or luxury to ignore the current gaps in privacy, accessibility, and collaboration. Now is the time to develop systems and tools specifically for communities in need, to provision for privacy and universal inclusion, and to put forward effective strategies for localized problem solving and communications. – The ARPAnet, a DARPA.mil Creation– The Topologies of Decentralization– Making Use of the …

Music for a Cause

Music Visuals for a Cause

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Music Visuals for a Cause – PLAN Systems is a Technology 501(c)(3) co-founded by Drew O’Meara, CTO of SoundSpectrum, who inspired a generation of digital artists with epic audio reactive music visualizers. Drew is now spearheading the development of critical tools for digital privacy, ease of collaboration, and universal inclusion. The featured video includes an original live music performance production woven together with the G-Force music visualizer. Thanks so much for taking the time to learn about our development effort. …

Disappearing Unicorns and Black Swans of 2020

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In this time of heightened uncertainty, there is a decisive need for systems that facilitate Privacy, Logistics, Accessibility, and Networks that are resilient. The systems that we have become comfortable depending on are not nearly as reliable or benign as many would like to imagine. This is becoming more evident by the day, as the impact of not having adequate information on corona virus / COVID-19 spread induces reactivity that has led to deep speculation, supply chain interruptions, event cancellations, …

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10 Design Principles for Future Technology Systems

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So many organizations out there are looking for quality solutions for productivity and collaboration to scale their efforts; from CRM, project management, to information visualization tools generally. But quality systems don’t just happen on accident, and quality often means different things to different people. So what should we expect from future technology systems? How should they be built and evaluated? Having a framework, or a set of design principles can help guide the way. To answer this need for accessibility-minded, …