Permaculture Database

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

Could a Permaculture Virtual Reality system be created that would be linked 
to a GIS
and supporting data storage and retreival systems that include wikis, blogs, 
galleries, video & audio and relational
databases? Think of permaculture systems design using a tool like this; the 
ability to change input data during the
course of designing a pc system and be able to experience it in a virtual 
reality display that can source still
graphics, video, sound and text.

Walk a site with GIS equipment and laptop and camera. Design a permaculture 
system for part or all of a tract
and input pertinent coordinates to a database ussing GIS, land features, 
existing fauna and flora and extensive notes
taken while in the field and back in the office. Create overlays and look for 
patterns; revisit the site and reevaluate
these patterns while making observations, taking notes and looking for 
others. Use the GIS/VR/Db to find even more and
feed evaluations and observations back into the system. The VR could change 
display instantaneously in response to input
data. What a tool for extended observation and pattern recognition, design 
synthesis and phenomena.

All this is probably too time consuming and expensive to be within reach of 
most of the global permaculture community,
designers, teachers and practitioners but its is an interesting and practical 
concept.

Maybe if there were a Global Permaculture Council, like a tribal oversight 
committee, some monied entiity would be
interested in donating the necessary equipment to help make this happen, such 
things as:

2 Macs
4 quad-core pc's
4 laptops: 2 pc, 2 mac

Apps software
Intel OS's and Linux

GIS equipment
GIS software
VR equipment
VR software

digital camera, video camera, audio recorder, audio cards, digital drawing pad

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Lawrence F. London, Jr.
Venaura Farm
lfl@intrex.net
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