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building created in sketchup
SketchUp for Planners - Intermediate Part 1
Jaymes Dunsmore
54 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
3d model created in autocad
AutoCAD for 3D Modeling
Jaymes Dunsmore
66 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
drawing of master plan colored in marker
Hand Drawing Master Plans
Daniel Garcia
70 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
site plan created in sketchup
SketchUp for Planners - Intermediate Part 3
Jaymes Dunsmore
50 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
mountains and trees at dawn
Drawing in the Landscape: Painting Color
Darryl Jones
68 Mins
  • AICP CM
closeup of a hand holding a pencil and architectural drawings on a desk
The Site Plan
Brad Neumann
55 Mins
bus created in sketchup
SketchUp for Planners - Intermediate Part 2
Jaymes Dunsmore
66 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
watercolor of house and trees
Drawing in the Landscape: Water and Oil
Darryl Jones
44 Mins
  • AICP CM
parking structure created in sketchup
SketchUp for Planners - Modeling Complex Forms and Structures
Jaymes Dunsmore
70 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
image manipulation in photoshop
Photoshop CC for Planners 1: Basic Functions
Mike Ernst
64 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
image of building manipulation in photoshop
Photoshop CS5 for Planners - Introduction
Mike Ernst
85 Mins
site plan layout created in adobe indesign
InDesign for Planners - An Introduction
Mike Ernst
103 Mins
  • CNU-A
photo manipulation created in photoshop
Photoshop CC for Planners 2: More Tools and Techniques
Mike Ernst
58 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
image manipulation created in photoshop
Photoshop CS5 for Planners - Intermediate
Mike Ernst
130 Mins
map created in indesign
InDesign for Planners - Intermediate
Mike Ernst
73 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
screenshot of photoshop manipulation
Photoshop CC for Planners 3: Advanced Techniques
Mike Ernst
62 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
before and after of image manipulated in photoshop
Photoshop CS5 for Planners - Advanced
Mike Ernst
115 Mins
documents created in adobe indesign
InDesign for Planners - Advanced
Mike Ernst
60 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
image manipulation created in photoshop
Photoshop CC for Planners 4: Creating Visual Simulations
Mike Ernst
75 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
map illustration created in illustrator
Illustrator for Planners - Introduction
Mike Ernst
99 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
grid overlay on landscape drawing
Drawing in the Landscape: The Adventure Begins
Darryl Jones
36 Mins
  • AICP CM
model created in sketchup
SketchUp 2016 for Planners: Introduction
Jaymes Dunsmore
44 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
vector maps created in adobe illustrator
Illustrator for Planners - Intermediate
Mike Ernst
101 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
ink drawing of buildings and people in foreground
Drawing in the Landscape: Pen, Pencil and Watercolor
Darryl Jones
57 Mins
  • AICP CM

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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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Jaymes Dunsmore

Jaymes is a planner and urban designer who recently completed a Master in City Planning and...

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Darryl Jones

Darryl Jones is an artist and filmmaker based in Oakland, CA.

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JJ Zanetta

JJ is an architectural illustrator working in traditional and digital media.

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Brad Neumann

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Area-Based Location Optimization: Urban Green Space Selection Sign Up

Area-Based Location Optimization: Urban Green Space Selection

Instructor: Kevin Credit

By the end of this course you will understand the basic principles of area-based location optimization and be able to solve the knapsack, threshold, and shape problems using LINGO software. The course also shows how to map the results of these skills in QGIS.

4.23
48 Mins
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
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Location Optimization

Instructor: Kevin Credit

This course introduces the basic principles of location optimization models and provides a hands-on tutorial on point-based location optimization using QGIS and LINGO.

4.32
70 Mins
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Urban Design for Planners 8: Parking and Traffic Sign Up

Urban Design for Planners 8: Parking and Traffic

Instructor: Emily Talen

The final course in the Urban Design for Planners series addresses the automobile as part of the urban fabric. The storage of cars and high levels of congestion can be very detrimental to neighborhoods, but good design can mitigate those negative effects. 

4.20
90 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
LA CES

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