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Better tools to help shape our world
Welcome to Placeways

Where better tools mean better decisions.

Placeways' GIS–based analysis and visualization tools help you make informed, efficient decisions about land–use planning and resource management. CommunityViz® community planning software and the Placeways suite of GIS offerings, provide a real–time interactive environment of 3D visuals, intelligent maps and dynamic analysis tools. Explore Placeways and begin making better, faster decisions about the shape of our world. More about us …

Now Available: Scenario 360 Update for ArcGIS 9.3 …


Already made the switch to ArcGIS 9.3? Installing this update for Scenario 360 will resolve compatibility issues. Click here to download.

CommunityViz featured in Cadalyst …


In the October 2008 issue of Cadalyst, CommunityViz appears as a TechTrends Feature: "Sim City for Real"

LandFrag Geoprocessing Tool …


Placeways and the University of Connecticut Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR) have collaborated to create a new computer tool to measure the impact of new roads, buildings and other development on the natural landscape. Read more.

CommunityViz 3.3 …

Placeways has released CommunityViz 3.3 for ArcGIS 9.2, with new tools like the Land-Use Designer and External Table Interface, and new premium features like Analysis Publisher and the Landscape Fragmentation Wizard. Click here for more information.

CommunityViz
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CommunityViz® allows users to:

Visualize land–use planning scenarios in photo–real 3D
Analyze impacts: environmental, economic, and social
Communicate ideas and information in many forms

Developed by The Orton Family Foundation.

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“ A big jump for citizens who previously had to make do with flat maps.”
– Newsweek Magazine –