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Paper and pen is advanced technology! Rethinking data entry for real estate appraisal. (Technology).

Publication: Valuation Insights & Perspectives
Publication Date: 22-MAR-03
Format: Online - approximately 1098 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
DESPITE ALL THE NEW HANDHELD ELECTRONIC GIZMOS available to us today, a good old-fashioned pen and paper attached to a clipboard are still the most intuitive and comfortable devices for appraisers to use for data entry and field inspection reports. The problem is, though, that paper needs to...

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...be filed and stored and written data needs to be rekeyed into a computer to process the appraisal.

Electronic devices have tried to solve some of the paper chase. Personal digital assistants, laptop computers and wireless communication systems have replaced much of the paper in the industry. Yet they are still too difficult to use for complex notes and sketches, and wireless communication from these devices is still a little too slow and unreliable for practical field use.

Paper and pen to the rescue?

There is a solution currently being widely tested that combines the ease of using pen and paper with the digital advantages of a computer. It's ironic that one of the best...

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