One of the members of our working group Gustavo Arciniegas and his colleagues have published another interesting research paper on the application of real-time interactive mapping  device (touch-table) for supporting collaborative planning in developing renewal offshore energy off the coast of Scottland. The combination of GIS, MCE and the touch-table technology were used to support a local knowledge workshop and  a negotiation workshop. This is the first time such an approach  has been used to support marine spatial planning off the coast of Scotland to assist in consensus building. A full copy of the paper is available via the PLos One open access journal: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0030031.