
- Company: Seal on the Beach
- Client: N/A
- Year: 2024
- Region: England
- Geographical information systems (GIS) and mapping
- Artificial intelligence (AI) and software solutions
Introduction
Challenges
This gap in infrastructure for spatial storytelling affects not only urban planners but also creative professionals, game designers, animators, interactive experience creators, and documentary makers, who struggle to access and use the vast urban and environmental data available. While AI platforms make data insights more accessible, they often exclude raw data itself. Similarly, open-source 3D models and game engines can visualise cities but integrating meaningful spatial data into them demands significant expertise in spatial data management.
Solutions
1. API for Natural Language Processing: This API links the technical coding and categories of ONS spatial data with natural language, enabling easy identification of spatial elements within text-based narratives. It is designed for users who wish to build custom services using spatial data. Combined with LLM-powered visualization tools, the API offers new ways to interact with spatial data.
2. Urban Planner-Focused Platform: This platform demonstrates the API’s capabilities in real-world applications. It allows users to render multiple entities (e.g., pubs, supermarkets, and parks near schools) across areas in a single textual or voice request, visualize entities and spatial relationships within custom boundaries, and display the chronological sequence of spatial elements within a given text.
Results
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