Data visualization is the presentation of data in a visual form such as an infographic, diagram, chart, or other image. The field includes a vast array of tools to convey your message clearly and concisely to a variety of audiences. Planetizen Courses will keep you up to date with the latest tech and help you create stunning visuals for presentations to colleagues, policymakers, and the public.

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GIS Fundamentals: Importing, Selecting, and Managing Data
Mike Ernst
55 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Urban Design for Planners 5: Density
Emily Talen
64 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Demystifying AI: Terminology, Tools, and Techniques for Urban Planners
Tom Sanchez
70 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM

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GIS Fundamentals: Geocoding, Geoprocessing, and Online Sharing
Mike Ernst
54 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Python Data Analysis and Visualization
Geoff Boeing
72 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Sloan Campi Introduction to ARCGIS part 2 image of areial view of city heat map with saturated colors blue, green, yellow, purple, and red
Introduction to GIS, Part 2
Sloan Campi
52 Mins
  • CIP
  • AICP CM

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CartoDB for Planners
Mike Ernst
62 Mins
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Python Geospatial Analysis and Mapping
Geoff Boeing
65 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Generative AI Tools and Workflows for Urban Planning
Tom Sanchez
59 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM

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Introduction to WebGIS
Yoh Kawano
52 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Python Street Network Analysis
Geoff Boeing
46 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Video for Planners
Tim Halbur
25 Mins

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Digital Accessibility for Planners: Documents - Part 1
Jonathan Katz-Ouziel, Thomas Hamed
102 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM

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Building a Transit Map Web App
Yoh Kawano
84 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Tableau for Planners: Introduction
Sean Maguire
56 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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GIS Walkability Modeling
Steph A. Nelson
46 Mins
  • SACPLAN CPD

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transit route designed using remix transit planning platform for urban planning course
Transit Service Design 101
Emily Yasukochi
52 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Tableau for Planners 2: Worksheets
Sean Maguire
64 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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CommunityViz Introduction
Doug Walker
72 Mins

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3-d map created in urbansim cloud platform for urban planning course
Introduction to the UrbanSim Cloud Platform
Sam Blanchard
51 Mins
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Tableau for Planners 3: Dashboards
Sean Maguire
51 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Geoanalysis with ArcGIS and Google Earth
Jessica White
85 Mins
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
Emily Talen
59 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Introduction to Urban Informatics
Amir Hajrasouliha
35 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD

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Mike Ernst

Mike Ernst is an urban planner and designer whose work has focused on participatory planning, community...

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Emily Talen

Emily Talen is Professor of Urbanism at the University of Chicago. Her research is devoted to...

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Sloan Campi

Sloan is an innovative and accomplished urban planner, environmental designer, and educator with over a decade...

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Sean Maguire

Sean is a planning and economic development professional based in New York’s Capital Region.

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Geoff Boeing

Geoff Boeing has a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Tom Sanchez

Tom Sanchez is a professor of Urban Planning specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Technology, and Landscape Architecture.

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Kevin Credit

Kevin is the Assistant Director for Urban Informatics at the Center for Spatial Data Science at...

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Yoh Kawano

Yoh Kawano works at the UCLA GIS and Visualization Sandbox as a member of the Research...

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Thomas Hamed

Thomas Hamed, AICP is a transportation planner who specializes in commuter transportation and mobility for all...

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Jonathan Katz-Ouziel

Jonathan Katz-Ouziel is an autistic planner, an independent accessibility consultant, and the founder of Opossum House...

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Adam Fine

Adam is the Director of experiential graphic design at Nova Scotia-based Fathom Studio and has worked...

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Amir Hajrasouliha

Amir Hajrasouliha is an architect, urban designer, and city planner with years of professional and academic...

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Sam Blanchard

Sam Blanchard is a Data Scientist at UrbanSim Inc. where he specializes in land use modeling...

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Emily Yasukochi

Emily Yasukochi is a Customer Success Manager at Remix, where she provides training and consultation services...

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Tim Halbur

Tim Halbur is communications director for the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), the leading organization...

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Steph A. Nelson

Steph A. Nelson has utilized GIS in a variety of settings including working as a GIS...

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Jessica White

Jessica White is a GIS Analyst and cartographer who is passionate about the possibilities of GIS...

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Garlynn Woodsong

Garlynn Woodsong is a geographer and urban planner with more than 13 years of experience in...

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Doug Walker

Doug Walker, is the President and Principal of CommunityViz's parent company, Placeways, LLC.

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William Riggs

William (Billy) Riggs, Ph.D., AICP, LEED AP is a nationally recognized professor, consultant, and strategist.

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Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools Sign Up

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Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

Instructor: Emily Talen

Urban planners and urban designers are interested in building places that embody beauty and hope. In this course, Emily Talen, PhD, FAICP, presents free urban design software tools that can help urban planners and urban designers visualize changes in the built environment to support the overarching goal of creating better places.

4.28
59 Mins
AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
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Conceptual Drawing for Planners

Instructor: JJ Zanetta

In this course, we will learn effective ways of drawing as a means to communicate design ideas and explore digital tools that support traditional drawing.

4.34
73 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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