Gainesville & Alachua County, Florida

Planning simulators

Three map-based tools built on one platform and the same public data: the night sky a lighting policy would make, where roadside wildlife detection would prevent the most crashes, and what modernizing the City's public-art ordinance would fund, protect and reach.

Dark Sky Simulator: a skyglow map of Alachua, Levy and neighboring counties with the scenario panel
Dark Sky Simulator v2

See the night sky your lighting policy makes.

  • Skyglow model for Alachua, Levy and six neighboring counties
  • Ordinance presets and a fixture-by-fixture Build mode, with costs and payback
  • 3D streets and light sources, and an all-sky view of the stars from any site
  • Observatory siting with land prices, stargazing forecasts and a legislative PDF brief
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Uncalibrated planning projections from public data.

WildSight: a 3D simulation of a roadside unit detecting a deer at dusk and flashing a warning beacon
WildSight

It sees the deer before the driver does.

  • 3D simulation of a solar roadside unit that detects wildlife and warns drivers
  • The unit's parts up close, a hands-on simulation lab and the team's research
  • Every road in eight counties ranked by expected animal-vehicle crashes
  • Units, LoRa gateways, cost and crashes avoided for any deployment
Open WildSight Planner only

Simulations are illustrative; planner figures are planning estimates.

Public Art Policy Simulator: a visibility heatmap of Gainesville with artworks and key policy figures
Public Art Policy Simulator

What modernizing Chapter 5.5 would fund, protect and reach.

  • The public art collection on a 3D map, lit by the sun for any date and hour
  • The 1989 code against the Trust's discussion draft: caps, CPI indexing, a 15% conservation reserve
  • Daily impressions from traffic and foot traffic, walk access and East Gainesville equity
  • Arts grants and calls to artists across the US, visitor spending, staff-study scenarios and a PDF brief
Open the simulator

Art registry hand-compiled and from the Public Art Archive; an illustrative capital program; planning estimates, not adopted policy.