Confidential Survey Questionnaire Designed for PRIMARY DATA COLLECTION ABOUT THE EFFICIENCY OF WORK DONE IN FIELD BY PLANNERS

BY THE USAGE OF DIFFERENT SOFTWARE DEPARTMENT OF CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, LAHORE Thesis supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ghulam Abbas Anjum
This questionnaire is designed to know the familiarity with different software among planners.

Date of survey: ________________________ Institutions Name __________________ Address __________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Respondents Name _________________ _______________ Respondents designation

1. Do you study computer usage during your academic or professional carrier? Yes No (If No then skip to the question no. 8) 2. Name of softwares office/department/field. I. ______________ II. ______________ III. ______________ IV. ______________ V. ______________ you are using presently in your

3. Do you have command over the above mentioned software? Yes No Some of these. 4. Name of software over which you have command (other than the available in your office) I. ______________ II. ______________ III. ______________ IV. ______________ V. ______________ 5. Do you know any other software except the above mentioned software which is of key importance for planners I. ______________ II. ______________ III. ______________ IV. ______________

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6. Which softwares would you recommend to be taught in the CRP department in addition to the already taught software (GIS, Auto CAD, Microsoft office, SPSS) I. ______________ II. ______________ III. ______________ IV. ______________ V. ______________ 7. How much your work efficiency increases with the use of software? a) 1-25% c) 51-75% b) 26-50% d) 76-100%

8. In which sectors of your institution or department you think there is a need to increase efficiency? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 9. Do you feel that there is a need of more advanced software in the field? Yes No 10. Would you be willing to participate in the software training programs if run by the CRP or any other department? Yes No 11. If yes, do you think this will increase the efficiency of the planners working in the field? Yes No 12. Recommendations ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ________________

 Please mark the softwares which you know how to use or have a little knowledge about them.
Section I DRAFTING SOFTWARE AUTOCAD SOLE PROFESSIONAL ARCHICAD BRICSCAD ALLYCAD CMS XPANDY GSTARCAD LT BABYACAD PROGECAD REVIT ARCHITECTURE TURBOCAD QCAD MICROSTATION ZWCAD VIACAD Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Section II 3D MODELING SOFTWARE AUTODESK 3DS MAX COBALT FREECAD AUTODESK MAYA SOLID EDGE GOOGLE SKETCHUP GROBOTO K-3D DESIGN WORKSHOP ASHAMPOO 3D CAD Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Section III PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE Yes MICROSOFT PROJECT No VISUAL PLANNING SODEASOFT PLANNING EMPLOYEE PLANNER XTREME PROJECT MANAGEMENT ACHIEVE PLANNER SOFT PLANNER AXPROJECT CANDO PROJECT INTELLIGENCE GREEN ARRAY REAL PROJECT Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No

No Section V REPORT WRITING SOFTWARE Yes MICROSOFT OFFICE No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No

OPEN OFFICE IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY ASHAMPOO OFFICE COREL WORD PERFECT OFFICE

Section VII PICTURE/PHOTO EDITING SOFTWARE Yes ADOBE PHOTOSHOP No COLLEGE IT FLY FREE PHOTO EDITING & VIEWER PICASSA PHOTO ORGANIZER ACDSEE PEARL MOUNTAIN SOFT PICTURE IMAGE DOCTOR Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No

Section IV FLOWCHART CREATING SOFTWARE Yes MINDJET

MINDMANAGER SMARTDRAW

No Yes No Yes No

Section VI LANDSCAPE DESIGNING SOFTWARE Yes LANDWORKSCAD No REALTIME LANDSCAPPING Yes No

MINDVISUALIZER

Section VIII MAPPING SOFTWARE GIS 9.2 GOOGLE EARTH PRO 4.2 3D WORLD MAP PKMAPS FREE GPS MAPS OF PAKISTAN GOOGLE MAPPER Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No

Section IX SLIDE SHOW CREATING SOFTWARE Yes ANVSOFT SLIDE SHOW MAKER No DVD PHOTO SLIDE SHOW WONDER SHARE FLASH SLIDE SHOW BUILDER AMARA PHOTO ANIMATION FLASH SLIDE SHOW MAKER Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

Section X PAINTING/SKETCHING SOFTWARE Yes PENCIL No PAINT.NET GMX PHOTO PAINTER ARTRAGE STUDIO TWISTED BRUSH TUX PAINT Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No

MAP MAKER Map Cruncher for Virtual Earth AVISMAP DESKPRO GVSIG

No Section XI TOWN/CITY DESIGNING SOFTWARE Yes SPEXWORLD TOWN No

SOME MORE SOFTWARES

Highway Capa city Soft ware (HCS )
Yes

SOME MORE SOFTWARES

Yes
(Statistical Package for Social Sciences)SPSS

SOME MORE SOFTWARES

Yes

No

No

Architect Home Design

No

TransCAD Cube Primavera Eagle Point

Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No

LOOP

Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No

MapInfo Professional ECOTECT Corel Draw Adobe Indesign

Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No

Sewer CAD Water CAD

Adobe illustrator

Stitch Map
Geo Media Professional

STAAD PRO Erdas Imagine

EpaNET