| American
Society of Landscape Architects |
The American Society of
Landscape Architects (ASLA) is a national
professional society that
represents the landscape architecture profession in the United States. |
| Americans
With Disabilities Act Guidelines |
Americans
With Disabilities Act information |
| ADA
Document Center |
ADA Document Center |
| Autodesk
(AutoCAD) |
AutoCAD website |
| Accurender |
AccuRender creates stunning,
life-like images from your 3D models. AccuRender is the only renderer
that uses raytracing and radiosity technologies to create high quality,
photorealistic, still, panorama, and animation image files from 3D
models inside AutoCAD. |
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Software
to build virtual worlds. Nice landscape animations |
| The
Arbor Day |
The
NADF is non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization that is involved
in reforestation, tree conservation, urban forestry and the promotion of
tree planting ideals. |
| Backyard
Gardener |
A
reference source for selecting plants |
| Botanical
Garden of the University of Catania |
Great
reference site for viewing flora |
| Cadalog |
T he CADalog Web Site is
a huge collection of 3656 AutoCAD® Related Files! All are Freely
distributable Public Domain, Freeware, Shareware, Demo Code, Source
Code, Utilities, Applications, etc. for the AutoCAD professional. |
| Cadeasy |
AutoCAD add-on software.
Symbols, digital terrain modeler, 3d site modeler |
| CADDetails |
A comprehensive library
of construction details ,product spec-sheets and company profiles developed
exclusively for Landscape Architects , Architects and Site Planners! |
| CalFlora |
CalFlora, a botanical resource
for California on the internet |
| California
Geograpical Survey |
California
Geographical Survey a resource of the Department of Geography at California
State University, Northridge. A database and downloadable maps of
California. (USGS Digital Elevation Models) |
| CLCA |
California
Landscape Contractors Association |
| CLRNet |
Center for Landscape Resources
Net |
| Contemporary
Landscape Inquiry Project |
Contemporary
Landscape Inquiry Project. CLIP is conceived as a collaborative research,
teaching and practice initiative developed to provide a living case study/data
base of contemporary landscape projects. |
|
|
Council
of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards website. Informataion
on licensing and registration. |
| Center
for Regenerative Studies |
The Center for Regenerative
Studies is a university-based setting for education, demonstration and
research in regenerative technologies-the collective
means of using solar energy, reusing water, maintaining the fer tility
of the soils, growing a variety of foods without pesticides or chemical
fertilizers, recycling wastes, and providing shelter compatible with existing
environments. |
| Construction
Specifications Institute |
The Construction Specifications
Institute (CSI) is a national professional association that provides technical
information and products, continuing education, professional conferences,
and product shows to enhance communication among all the nonresidential
building design and construction industry's disciplines and meet the industry's
need for a common system of organizing and presenting construction documents. |
| Cyburbia,
Planning Resources Directory |
Cyburbia
(formerly called PAIRC - The Planning and Architecture Internet Resource
Center) contains a comprehensive directory of Internet resources relevant
to planning, architecture, built environment. Cyburbia also contains information
about architecture and planning related mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups,
and hosts several interactive message areas. |
| Digital
Imaging Project |
Art
Historical images of European and North American architecture and sculpture. |
| Download.com |
Links
and shareware/freeware software collection available for downloading. |
| Environmental
Systems Research Institute |
For more than 30 years,
ESRI has been the world's leading provider of geographic information system
(GIS) software, according to computer industry analysts at Daratech, Inc.
of Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| Facade
3D |
Facade
3D is a program that assists in creating 3d models within AutoCAD |
| FormZ |
Form·Z is an award
winning general purpose solid and surface modeler with an extensive set
of 2D/3D form manipulating and sculpting capabilities, many of which are
unique. It is an effective design tool for architects, landscape architects,
urban designers, engineers, animators and illustrators, industrial and
interior designers, and all design fields that deal with the articulation
of 3D spaces and forms. |
| Garden
Magazine |
Nice reference site for
plants and online landscape design |
| Great
Urban Parks |
The
Great Urban Parks Site has a list and includes photos of great parks. |
| Green
Net Online |
Magazines
related to Landscaping and Irrigation |
| IGIN |
Irrigation
& Green Industry Network |
| IFLA |
International
Federation of Landscape Archtitects |
| Image
Cels |
Photorealistic
Seamless Textures & Images of over 2,500 royalty free tileable Texture
Maps and photo-realistic clip art libraries - available individually or
on PC/MAC compatible CD-ROM's. Achieve excellence in Architectural renderings,
Landscape Architecture design visualization, AEC CAD 3D Modeling, 3D Animations,
Virtual Reality and game design simulation. The highest quality computer
graphics bitmap textures and 32 bit TIF image files of landscaping
trees and shrubs with alpha channel masks! |
| Internet
Directory for Botany |
Another
reference source for viewing plants |
| Landart |
Land
Art. Images of land art projects |
| Landscape
Online |
A directory of landscape
industry providers, products, articles, and linkages to professional organizations. |
|
|
The
list of list servers. This is an excellent site to find online forums
for special interest topics. |
| Microsoft
Terraserver |
The images you see in the
Microsoft® TerraServer Web site come from two sources:
The United States
Geological Survey (USGS) georectified digitized aerial photographs
(known as digital orthophotoquads) from their vast files.
SPIN-2 provides
high-resolution satellite images, products of a joint Russian/American
venture to market declassified satellite photographs from sophisticated
Russian mapping satellites.
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| Onyx
Computing |
Onyx Computing, Inc., located
in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, is a software development company specializing
in the design and development of knowledge based systems for computer modeling
of plants. The company was founded and incorporated in 1992 by Dr.
Bojana Bosanac and Pjer Zanchi. In the past six years, Onyx Computing has
developed and published widely acclaimed TREE PROFESSIONAL, the first and
the
only true tree creator on the market, now in its fourth release, TREE PAINTER,
a junior brother of TREE PROFESSIONAL, and four plugins for ElectricImage
and 3D Studio MAX. |
| Sweet's
Catalog Online |
Founded
in 1906, Sweet's is the construction industry's primary building
product information source. Today, Sweet's distributes building product
information to over 200,000 offices worldwide. The Sweet's System consists
of a variety of print and electronic products, each designed to reach architect,
engineering and construction (AEC) professionals with the specific type
of building product information needed at various stages of the design
process. |
| TUCOWS |
The
Ultimate Collection of Windows Software. A database and repository
link to shareware and freeware software for both PC's and Macintosh computers. |
| UC
Berkeley Electronic Photo Library - Flora |
Great
reference site for viewing flora. |
| Universal
Access for Outdoor Environments |
Universal
access for outdoor environments |
| Urban
Forestry Database |
This
database was assembled by the Timberland Resource Conservation and Development
Area Council, Inc in cooperation with Michigan State University Extension.
The availability and use of technical information on urban forestry is
important for communities to develop a sound urban forestry program. |
| Urban
Land Institute |
The Urban Land Institute
objectives are: to study and interpret real estate trends; to examine principles
through which private enterprise could effectively develop real estate;
to develop a body of knowledge in real estate and allied subjects; to publish
informative texts and technical journals based on that knowledge;
and to act as a statistical clearinghouse for the dissemination of real
estate data. The Instituteās continuing focus on nonpartisan research and
education has made it one of the worldās most respected and quoted organizations
in urban planning, land use, and development. |
| Urban
Regional Information Systems Association |
URISA is a non-profit international
association of information technology professionals with specific emphasis
on applications in state and local government. URISA
is also the premier organization for the use and integration of spatial
information technology to improve the quality of life in urban and
regional environments. |
| USGS |
United
States Geological Survey Homepage |
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Software for terrain modeling,
rendering, and animation of landscapes |
