Second Life for city garden planning in Paris

Those Parisians are just so hip. Residents have been asked to submit their own garden plans for Les Halles. The top five plans will be created on a Second Life island. The BBC News article doesn’t say what the island name is, but the sponsor of the island is a residents’ association named Accomplir. The submission deadline is June 1, so things should be looking lush by then.

This seems like a great way to get patron (especially student) feedback on a planned library renovation, or a way to create good PR for an ongoing project: Take a sneak peek at your future First Life through Second Life! I don’t know much about terraforming in Second Life, so I don’t know how literal the representation could be. Anyone more knowledgeable out there who can comment?