The idea
Here’s the original idea for Citipedia submitted by Lyall Bruce.
The team
Jeremiah Alexander
Lyall Bruce
Graham Clarke
Rory Fitzpatrick
James Hetherington
Patrick Keenan
Will Mercer
Philip Roberts
Fiona Robertson
Hannah Smith
What they built
Citipedia is a platform for locating, tagging and commenting on future use of public space. Whether it’s derelict ground, an run-down park or vacant building, Citipedia lets you post suggestions for how to make the most of our under-used public space. But it’s not just about adding your comments: using SimCity-like tools you can design what the space should look like as well.
Alongside producing some stunning design work, the Citipedia team were responsible for building Social Innovation Camp’s first-ever Flash hack which was received with a round of applause from the Show and Tell audience: you can drag-and-drop trees, paving or even playground equipment onto a Google map to create your own piece of urban planning - and it’ll add up the cost of your design as you go.
Here’s part of the demo site the team built at the weekend:
And some early Flash development for the site. Users drag and drop terrain and features (roads, paving, trees etc) to design what public space should look like: 
And the team’s presentation for Social Innovation Camp’s Show and Tell:
June 24th, 2009 at 10:59 am
[…] Citipedia is a platform for locating, tagging and commenting on future use of public space. Whether it’s derelict ground, an run-down park or vacant building, Citipedia lets you post suggestions for how to make the most of our under-used public space. But it’s not just about adding your comments: using SimCity-like tools you can design what the space should look like as well. […]
June 24th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
[…] Citipedia is a platform for locating, tagging and commenting on future use of public space. Whether it’s derelict ground, an run-down park or vacant building, Citipedia lets you post suggestions for how to make the most of our under-used public space. But it’s not just about adding your comments: using SimCity-like tools you can design what the space should look like as well. […]
June 24th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
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