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Open Geospatial Interactive TOol (OGITO) is an open-source software application designed to support collaborative spatial planning processes with a maptable. Human-centred design and Agile software development principles we combined to design the tool in a co-design effort with intended users and stakeholders. Through iterative development cycles and feedback from users, OGITO was evolved until it satisfied user expectations. The usability of the tool was tested in two case studies on rural land use planning and budgeting in Semarang, Indonesia, and noise action planning in Bochum, Germany.

The Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-information Management (PGM) of the Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) performs research, education, and capacity development activities on spatial and temporal dynamics within complex urban regions and their hinterland, participatory and inclusive planning and decision making, as well as socio-spatial equity, climate change and disaster impacts, and sustainable development. This presentation summarizes the role of research software in responsible land administration, urban planning, disaster risk reduction, sustainable infrastructure, collaborative planning, and human-environment interactions.

Supplemental material, sj-pdf-2-epb-10.1177_23998083211041372 for A game co-design method to elicit knowledge for the contextualization of spatial models by Carissa J Champlin, Johannes Flacke and Geert PMR Dewulf in EPB: Urban Analytics and City Science

Supplemental material, sj-pdf-3-epb-10.1177_23998083211041372 for A game co-design method to elicit knowledge for the contextualization of spatial models by Carissa J Champlin, Johannes Flacke and Geert PMR Dewulf in EPB: Urban Analytics and City Science

Participatory mapping for landscape planning is gaining in popularity. With a participatory geographic information system, the local spatial knowledge of the affected public can be collected and included in planning decisions. For its proponents, participatory mapping is deemed useful not only for rendering planning more inclusive but also for facilitating consensus in planning. Here, we present a case study of wind energy planning in a region in Switzerland in which we applied a participatory mapping approach that resulted in providing spatial data not for consensus-making but for creating counter-maps. Using a critical cartography approach, we identified from our sample data the distinct wind energy discourses of supporters, opponents, and people who were indifferent; these revealed three different representations of the same place, which leaves little room for reaching a consensus. Drawing on the agonistic planning theory of radical democracy, however, we could demonstrate why this outcome is not necessarily problematic but rather bears potential for more democracy and pluralism in controversial landscape planning. This case study builds the foundation for discussions about how to implement energy transition in the face of the climate crisis and touches on other cutting-edge issues, including the handling of dissensus, conflict, and polarization in planning.