Zoning In and Zoning Out

We’re working on creating a real estate and property system for New City in SparkQuest on the E-land SparkQuest STF map in Minecraft right now. In the real world, governments control the where and what of real estate through zoning laws. Zoning laws say who can build what where and what particular codes apply (there are literally tons of these).

Read this good guide on zoning laws: CityLab University: Zoning Codes by Bloomberg.

If you want a really in-depth example of a high-tech ultra-modern zoing system, see the one that’s being designed in Los Angeles California.

I’ve started working on the New City Zoning and Land Sales page on the Codex. Take a look, though this is just a start.

I think we need to do the following to set up the system:

1. Create a system of zoning code classifications.
2. Apply these classifications to the existing New City map.
3. Create a process of zoning management and real estate sales based on the real world model.
4. Set up the systems on the website to handle this process.

Once we all have had a chance to read this info, we’ll decide the best way to set up this project and get it done.

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Feature image: The NYC Zoning Map on the ZoLa server.