A research project is described to develop a prototype information system to represent and manipulate models of urban settlements. The project emphasizes identification and representation of information in a way that is most useful to urban designers for analytical and design-development purposes. The project differs from other geographic information systems in its central focus: access to information and operators which support design tasks and not primarily planning tasks and issues.
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