I was wandering, if out there somewhere are people that use GIS extensively in the field of landscape architecture (or closely related) and how do they use it?
May be some examples of work, maps, visualisations?
I am landscape architect, but at the time I am using GIS mainly in the field of hydrology.
In the past I did some visibility analyses with use of MapInfo and Vertical Mapper extension and also some landscape character analyses/mapping.
Today I am working mainly with ESRI and OpenSource and I do know that capabilities of GIS are much more than visibility analyses. In example in landscape ecology (which is not exactly landscape architecture but there is some remote relation) there are Fragstat and other software that help computing landscape indices also we can build 3D models expressing actual situation more accurate then ever before. There are some examples of use GIS in landscape architecture that I know, but how in general others landscape professionals do use it? What software do they use?
Landscape architecture is a broad and interdisciplinary field. In different countries understood in different way. I do have this idea, that in order to get better understanding of my own profession it would be great to hear about use GIS in landscape research/analysis/design/planning etc.