ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on a number of options for desk-based research and the use of remote-sensing – creating and reading landscape maps with 3D elements. It discusses the rise of large-scale data packets and the use of innovative technologies in the capturing of landscape information. The chapter also discusses the sharing, management and streamlining of this information, given Building Information Modelling requirements. In the sense it must find the right ways of working, decoding and editing, but also realise that data themselves are not a complete solution for understanding landscape. A hybrid approach means working with a plurality of landscape identities, multiple software programmes and wide-ranging data, and bringing these together – in the case into a map. Maps remain a fundamental communication tool for landscape architecture; the variety of mapping practices and subjects outside the discipline should always be considered as a mode to enrich landscape practice.
