Information technology has entered landscape education and practice during the last ten years and has taken over tasks such as text editing, calculation, drafting, production of working plans and presentations. As both software and digital communication continue to develop, it becomes more evident that IT cannot be understood as a set of tools from which one simply picks the right one to solve a certain problem. IT has to be regarded as a technology that changes the way we understand and interact with the world. The fourth dimension in landscape architecture is visualised in animated video sequences or as a walk through, and the use of materials is presented in photo-realistic images. Design concepts are produced in mixed media environments that combine raster and vector information. Digital terrain models redefine the role of contours from a means of design to an output along with perspectives and cut and fill calculations.
The questions that arise include: how IT can be incorporated in landscape courses and curriculum development; how can universities co-operate on these issues?

- Databases and spreadsheets in landscape architecture
- Basic introduction to computer-based presentation techniques
- The internet and web design for landscape architecture
- Computer aided drafting programmes
- 3D Visualisation programmes
- Geographic Information Systems
- Specification packages and tender evaluation
- Statistical packages SPSS etc.