Information and Technology Applications in Commercial Property (Macmillan Building and Surveying Series)

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi The Commercial Property Market: Players, Problems and Practice....Pages 1-15 Use and Abuse of Information in the Property Industry....Pages 16-22 People and Property in the Real World — Spatial Data Systems....Pages 23-42 Seeing is Believing — Geographic Information Systems....Pages 43-58 Computer-Based Property Portfolio Analysis....Pages 59-76 Modelling and Forecasting in Commercial Property....Pages 77-92 Networks and Communications....Pages 93-112 The Creative Use of IT for Marketing and Presentation....Pages 113-136 The Future....Pages 137-153 Back Matter....Pages 155-160 Reviewing the role that information technology now plays in the world of commercial property, this edited volume includes contributions from nine specialists, each involved with different aspects of the commercial property. Practical advice is given on obtaining IT hardware and software.