Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM (networking opportunity from 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM)
Presenter
Webinar will be led by Dulini Ranayake and Valen Lau (City of Toronto).
(biographies listed below)
The Graphics & Visualization team within the City Planning Department has a mission to build an automation tool capable of creating report maps connected to the development review process for the Community Council. This project aligned to the City's Strategic priority of "Modernization", as well as technology innovation and paperless transactions.
The Report Mapping Modernization Project is designed to automate report graphics for City Planning's community council. 60% of the Graphics & Visualization (G&V) unit's workload is spent producing report graphics for the development review process. With the hours saved in automation, our efforts can now be more productively spent in other types of projects such as work program studies, evidence graphics, 3D modelling & to explore innovative approaches for data visualization. With FME, automation has allowed us to produce these report graphics in just minutes. G&V staff quality control and ensure the graphics and maps are ready even before the client has submitted their request!
Remain on the call after the webinar to network and socialize with your fellow BeSpatial members!
Dulini Ratnayake - Program Manager, Graphics + Visualization, Urban Design, City Planning Division, City of Toronto
As the Program Manager for Graphics & Visualization unit in City Planning, Dulini is responsible for leading a strategic planning and Architectural communication design unit focused in the use of visualization technology and tactics to improve public engagement and decision making in City Planning.
Dulini joined the City in 2009 and has provided high level GIS technical support and training across the Graphics and Visualization team. She lead the division’s Heritage Register update process, 3D Massing open data work program and initiated the Southern Ontario Municipal 3D Visualization User Group. Dulini has created opportunities for citizen engagement that enhanced transparency and accountability to the public using interactive webmaps and online engagement platforms such as SocialPinpoint.
Valen Lau - Supervisor, Graphics + Visualization, Urban Design, City Planning Division, City of Toronto
Valen Lau works as a Supervisor for the Graphics & Visualization unit in the Urban Design section of City of Toronto's City Planning division. During his 7 years with the City of Toronto, Valen has taken lead for the division’s 3D Massing Model open data work program and initiated several workflow enhancements including the Report Mapping Modernization and its GIS production and mapping services.
Valen joined the City in 2015 and has provided high level GIS technical support and training across the Graphics and Visualization team. He leads the division’s 3D Massing open data work program and initiated the Southern Ontario Municipal 3D Visualization User Group. Since joining the North York team in 2017, Valen has created opportunities for citizen engagement that enhanced transparency and accountability to the public using interactive web and virtual reality applications. Valen’s graphic skills have supported city-led projects such as TOCore, West of Downtown, Yorkdale Mall, and Bathurst-Fisherville.
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