1. Vahur Sikaste eCommunity project coordinator 23 - 24 of June 2003
eCommunity – e-System for Real Time Democratic Land-Use and Planning of Urban Environment
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Vahur Sikaste
eCommunity project coordinator
of June 2003

2. Project is funded:
47 % by the LIFE – environment program
53 % by project partners

3. Main partners of the project:
Narva City Government
Hendrikson & Ko (Estonia)
Peipsi CTC (Estonia)
SERI (Austria)
IDEC SA (Greek)
Infinity Ltd. (Hungary)
Network Models (UK)

4. The main objectives of the eCommunity project:
Promote sustainable and democratic urban planning using ICT
Promote concept of e-democracy
To raise public awareness and involvement
To create a system for planning

5. The eCommunity project consists of different packages
Management
Creation of user interface
Creation of process layer
Creation of database layer
Integration of system
System launch in Narva
Dissemination
System launch in society level

6. About eCommunity system
The users:
Municipal workers
Narva citizens using ID card
Others
Super users (architects etc.)

7. About eCommunity system
Not visible modules:
Security module
Window Managing module
Process layer
Database layer
Database

8. About eCommunity system
Visible modules:
EUI (End User Interface)
3D city
2D city
DMM

9. About eCommunity system
Internet based system
GIS based maps
No limits to information
Information is up to date
Different feedback possibilities for public
Thematic 2D layers
Questionnaires attached to objects or geographical location

10. About eCommunity system example of a 2D city layer ( mg/m3) of NOx

11. Contacts