Planetizen needs your input in creating the definitive list of mobile apps for professional, student, academic, or citizen planners.
In keeping with tradition and the utility of the idea, Planetizen is updating its annual "Best Planning Apps" post. As in past years, the "Best Planning Apps" list depends on the input of Planetizen readers for insights into the use of apps and mobile phones in planning practices of all varieties—from the private sector to the public sector, academia, and advocacy groups.
To create a new, comprehensive Best Planning Apps lists for planners, and provide insights into trends in the future of app development for the planning profession, we are inviting you to take this survey. The survey will only take a couple minutes to complete. Please feel free to share the survey with colleagues as well.
Planetizen will use the data collected in this survey to produce a list of contemporary planning apps later this summer (but not too late). For an example of the kind of information we hope to generate, and then share, see Planetizen's Best Planning Apps post from 2018.
Take the Best Planning Apps survey for 2019.
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Planetizen needs your help updating the definitive list of mobile apps for professional, student, academic, or citizen planners.
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