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Track: Application Development Techniques
Gailt Gilo
Municipality of Tel-Aviv
69 Ibn Gvirol Street
Tel-Aviv, 64162
ISRAEL
Telephone: 011-972-3-521-7140
Fax: 011-972-3-521-7503
E-mail: gilo@tel-aviv.gov.il
Master Plan for Location of Schools
The Municipal Engineering Administration began preparations of a Master Plan for the development of a formal educational system in Tel-Aviv-Yafo. During 1996 a planning tool was developed that enables dynamic planning of distribution of the educational facilities according to various criteria and time periods. The tool enables interactive definition of all the decision support elements and the selected criteria, as well as processing of the existing data coverages in order to create an optimal allocation plan. The computerized system comprises the following components: Relevant data a) Streets and addresses b) Photogrammetrical mapping c) Land uses d) Existing educational facilities e) Students (existing + forecast) The system is interactive and allows the user to "play" with the specified components (e.g., to change walking distance to a specific school, add/remove blocking lines, change capacity, remove an existing school, or add a new school) and to see the resulting changes in the allocation
immediately. The Minister of Education described the system as "science fiction." The planning tool described here is a basic tool that can be very easily adapted as a planning tool for any type of system, not necessarily in the area of education; for example, the placement of business institutions (banks) based on desired population, walking distances, and competing institutions. The planners of the underground railway in Tel-Aviv use the above mentioned tool for examining the optimal population that will be served by the railway and for evaluating different alternatives for the rail lines and planning of the metro.
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