Software Selection for Surveyors [antikvár]

Over the past few years the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has initiated various projects to promote the use of information technology in the surveying profession. It has also adopted a strategy of promoting continuing professional development (CPD). Bye-law 9(3) of the Institution now requires 20 hours per annum to be devoted by the membership to CPD. CPD can take various forms, from the attendance of courses and conferences through to private study and structured reading of various kinds. The provision of achieving CPD requirements involves the design of suitable courseware and study material. Software Selection for Surveyors was initiated and sponsored by the General Practice Division of the RICS. Until now there has been a dearth of information about the availability of software for various surveying tasks. There has also been little guidance for practising surveyors on how to approach software selection. The correct choice of software presents the surveyor with a number of considerations at all levels of business activity Large organizations and firms will already have adopted an approach to computerization, and have acquired large hardware systems; their software selection decisions will therefore need to be made to fit in with the systems already installed. Departments and individuals within large organizations have been addressing specialist problems and have felt the need for independence from the large mainframe computer. It is a common sight in many offices these days to see a mainframe terminal, the departmental minicomputer and individual microcomputers crowding the desks. The rapid advances in computer technology-particularly the new 286 and 386 PC-AT machines-make it not only possible but desirable