Technology | Planetizen Courses

Technology can make your planning practice easier, faster, and more effective, but also poses new and unique challenges to city planning. Planetizen Courses features dozens of courses that teach the latest software and tools, as well as emerging concepts and technologies such as smart city tech, autonomous vehicles, and micromobility devices.

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Introduction to Urban Informatics

Amir Hajrasouliha

35 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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InDesign for Planners - Advanced

60 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A

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Regulating Electronic Message Centers

James Carpentier

49 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Enhancing Public Participation with Generative AI course image of two people standing over a blue city diagram with the women holding up a cell phone

Enhancing Public Participation with Generative AI

77 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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AutoCAD for 3D Modeling

Jaymes Dunsmore

66 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Urban Design for Planners 3: Neighborhoods and Centers

59 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Illustrator for Planners - Intermediate

101 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Photoshop CC for Planners 3: Advanced Techniques

62 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A

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CityEngine for Planners 4: Sharing Your Work

77 Mins

SACPLAN CPD

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History of City Planning 5: The City of Tomorrow

56 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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CommunityViz Introduction

72 Mins

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Introduction to WebGIS

52 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Generative AI, Ethics, and the Future of Urban Planning

66 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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GIS Fundamentals: An Introduction

56 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Urban Design for Planners 4: Mix and Proximity

66 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Illustrator for Planners - Advanced

100 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Photoshop CC for Planners 4: Creating Visual Simulations

75 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A

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Planning for the Autonomous Future

78 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Solving Coverage and Location-Allocation Problems

81 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Introductory Population Analysis with Excel

50 Mins

SACPLAN CPD

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Building a Transit Map Web App

84 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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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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GIS Fundamentals: Projections and Map Design

107 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Urban Design for Planners 5: Density

64 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

Top Technology Instructors

Mike Ernst

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

Jaymes Dunsmore

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

Tom Sanchez

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

Emily Talen

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

Chase Mullen

Chase is the Director of Design Visualization at MIG. With an acute eye for graphics and...

Elliot Hartley

Elliot Hartley is an internationally recognised geodesign and Esri CityEngine expert.

Geoff Boeing

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

Ben Schulman

Ben Schulman is a writer and editor based in Chicago, with a focus on architecture, urban...

William Riggs

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

Thomas Hamed

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

Jonathan Katz-Ouziel

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

Sean Maguire

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

Jun Wang

Jun Wang, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at...

David Rouse

David is a consultant, educator, and author with over 40 years of experience in urban and...

David Dixon

David is well known for helping create new, mixed-use urban districts (in both cities and suburbs)...

Amir Hajrasouliha

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

Sam Blanchard

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

Yoh Kawano

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

Chuck Donley

Mr. Donley is an urban and regional planner who specializes in creating CommunityViz applications. He brings...

Sloan Campi

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

Kevin Credit

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

Jason Luger

Jason Luger is a lecturer in City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley, College of Environmental...

JJ Zanetta

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

Lisa Nisenson

Lisa Nisenson has 20 years of experience and leadership in smart growth, sustainable development and civic...

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Building a Transit Map Web App

Instructor: Yoh Kawano

This course examines the entire process of building an interactive, web-based mapping application.

4.37

84 Mins

AICP CM

SACPLAN CPD

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Podcasting for Planners

Instructor: Ma'ayan Dembo

Audio editing is a great way to tell a story, share information, create a digital record of events, or improve community outreach. In this course, learn the basics of podcasting and audio editing.

4.31

58 Mins