1. What State are you representing? | ||
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answered question | 167 | |
skipped question | 0 | |
Response Count | ||
167 |
2. Which County in your State are you representing? | ||
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answered question | 167 | |
skipped question | 0 | |
Response Count | ||
167 |
3. What best describes your profession? | |||
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answered question | 166 | ||
skipped question | 1 | ||
Response Percent | Response Count | ||
County Engineer | 80.1% | 133 | |
Professional county road manager | 3.6% | 6 | |
Other Local government representative | 1.2% | 2 | |
County/Land Surveyor | 12.0% | 20 | |
Geodesist/Cartographer | 0.6% | 1 | |
GIS/Map User | 6.6% | 11 | |
Other (please specify) | 4.2% | 7 |
4. Is your position an elected position? | |||
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answered question | 165 | ||
skipped question | 2 | ||
Response Percent | Response Count | ||
Private sector | 0.6% | 1 | |
Elected | 4.8% | 8 | |
Appointed | 76.4% | 126 | |
Not Applicable | 18.2% | 30 |
5. Do you have a County Surveyor working for you? | |||
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answered question | 165 | ||
skipped question | 2 | ||
Response Percent | Response Count | ||
Yes | 26.7% | 44 | |
No | 73.3% | 121 |
6. If "no" to question 5, what entity performs the duties of the County Surveyor for your County? | |||
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answered question | 121 | ||
skipped question | 46 | ||
Response Percent | Response Count | ||
The office of the County Engineer | 32.2% | 39 | |
A private firm | 47.1% | 57 | |
Regional or State County Surveyor | 0.8% | 1 | |
Other (please specify) | 19.8% | 24 |
7. Does your State have an County Engineers Association or similar group? | |||
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answered question | 165 | ||
skipped question | 2 | ||
Response Percent | Response Count | ||
Yes | 90.3% | 149 | |
No | 3.0% | 5 | |
Don't Know | 6.7% | 11 |
8. If "yes" to question 7, what is the name of your County Engineers Association? | ||
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answered question | 144 | |
skipped question | 23 | |
Response Count | ||
144 |
9. How would you rate your local positioning infrastructure? | ||||||
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answered question | 164 | |||||
skipped question | 3 | |||||
Excellent | Adequate | Inadequate | Don't Know or N/A | Rating Average | Response Count | |
Continuously Operating GPS References Stations (CORS) Data Availability | 12.3% (20) | 30.7% (50) | 16.6% (27) | 40.5% (66) | 2.07 | 163 |
NGS CORS Data Reliability | 9.6% (15) | 33.1% (52) | 7.6% (12) | 49.7% (78) | 1.96 | 157 |
Monumented NGS Control - Horizontal | 10.0% (16) | 43.8% (70) | 15.6% (25) | 30.6% (49) | 2.08 | 160 |
Monumented NGS Control - Vertical | 6.3% (10) | 41.9% (67) | 23.8% (38) | 28.1% (45) | 2.24 | 160 |
10. If you answered "inadequate" above, how could your positioning infrastructure be improved? | |||
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answered question | 56 | ||
skipped question | 111 | ||
Response Percent | Response Count | ||
More NGS CORS | 33.9% | 19 | |
Better Horizontal Control | 10.7% | 6 | |
Better Vertical Control | 25.0% | 14 | |
Other (please specify) | 30.4% | 17 |
11. NGS makes data available to the general public. Which data, if any, do you use? | |||
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answered question | 140 | ||
skipped question | 27 | ||
Response Percent | Response Count | ||
Aeronautical Photos and Data | 33.6% | 47 | |
NGS CORS: GPS Continuously Operating Reference Stations (includes Online Positioning User Service – OPUS) | 35.0% | 49 | |
Monumented NGS Control- Horizontal | 68.6% | 96 | |
Monumented NGS Control – Vertical | 77.1% | 108 | |
Geoid Models | 23.6% | 33 | |
GPS Orbital Data | 20.7% | 29 | |
IERS Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF) control points | 2.9% | 4 | |
GPS Derived Ionosphere maps | 0.7% | 1 | |
Tidal and Orthometric Elevations | 9.3% | 13 | |
Other (please specify) | 5.7% | 8 |
12. Real Time GPS Networks (RTN) are being installed throughout the country for use by surveyors and engineers for construction projects, pipeline locations, mapping, GIS studies and other projects. Does your County have access to one or more RTN? | |||
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answered question | 165 | ||
skipped question | 2 | ||
Response Percent | Response Count | ||
Yes | 41.2% | 68 | |
No | 22.4% | 37 | |
Don't Know | 36.4% | 60 |
13. Many local governmental agencies are realizing that GIS can be used to economically plan and maintain infrastructure as well as provide more conventional services. As the accuracy of low-cost geospatial data increases along with the ability of GIS software to support more precise geospatial data, many cities and counties are defining a low-distortion projection (LDP) for use in their jurisdiction. Does your County use a LDP ? | |||
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answered question | 164 | ||
skipped question | 3 | ||
Response Percent | Response Count | ||
Yes | 11.0% | 18 | |
No | 44.5% | 73 | |
Don't Know | 44.5% | 73 |
14. If "yes" to Question 13, some users have suggested NGS consider developing a web-based LDP design tool to aid local governments, surveyors, and engineers who wish to define an LDP for their jurisdiction or project. Also, it has been suggested that NGS create a LDP Registry would allow governmental entities to "register" an LDP for their area. Is the current State Plane Coordinate System meeting your needs or would you like NGS to automate LDP design and create a LDP Registry? | |||
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answered question | 57 | ||
skipped question | 110 | ||
Response Percent | Response Count | ||
The current system is meeting my needs and I DO NOT need these improvements | 15.8% | 9 | |
The current system is meeting my needs, but I would welcome improvement along the line NGS is proposing | 38.6% | 22 | |
The current system is not meeting my needs, so I support these improvements | 12.3% | 7 | |
Don't Know | 29.8% | 17 | |
Other (please specify) | 3.5% | 2 |
15. Please check which of NGS models and tools, if any, you use: | |||
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answered question | 104 | ||
skipped question | 63 | ||
Response Percent | Response Count | ||
On-line Positioning User Service (OPUS ) | 24.0% | 25 | |
DYNAMIC_HT | 3.8% | 4 | |
GEOID03 | 22.1% | 23 | |
Horizontal Time Dependent Positioning (HTDP) | 4.8% | 5 | |
Inverse/Forward/Invers3D/Forwrd3D | 1.9% | 2 | |
Magnetic Declination | 10.6% | 11 | |
North American Datum Conversion Utility (NADCON) | 26.9% | 28 | |
NAVD 88 Modeled Gravity | 5.8% | 6 | |
State Plane Coordinates | 82.7% | 86 | |
Surface Gravity Prediction | 0.0% | 0 | |
Tidal and Orthometric Elevations | 13.5% | 14 | |
U.S. National Grid | 4.8% | 5 | |
Universal Transverse Mercator Coordinates | 19.2% | 20 | |
User Friendly CORS (UFCORS) | 7.7% | 8 | |
North American Vertical Datum Conversion Utility (VERTCON) | 22.1% | 23 | |
XYZ Coordinate Conversion | 19.2% | 20 | |
NGS Mark Recovery Program | 16.3% | 17 | |
Specifications, Guidelines, and Tools | 11.5% | 12 | |
Other (please specify) | 8.7% | 9 |
16. Please provide any additional comments you have regarding NGS Models and Tools. | ||
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answered question | 5 | |
skipped question | 162 | |
Response Count | ||
5 |
17. NGS conducts the following workshops throughout the United States, involving the cooperation of professional societies, universities, and international, Federal, state, and local organizations. Have you ever attended any of the following workshops or forums (check all that apply): | |||
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answered question | 31 | ||
skipped question | 136 | ||
Response Percent | Response Count | ||
Height Modernization Forum | 45.2% | 14 | |
Blue Booking | 19.4% | 6 | |
Calibration Baselines | 25.8% | 8 | |
NGS CORS Usage | 22.6% | 7 | |
Developing an Accurate GIS/LIS | 9.7% | 3 | |
Development, Implementation and Future of NSRS | 3.2% | 1 | |
GPS-Derived Heights – Part 1: Development and Description of NGS Guidelines | 6.5% | 2 | |
GPS Derived Heights – Part 2: Planning and Evaluating a GPS Vertical Survey | 6.5% | 2 | |
GPS Processing Workshops | 32.3% | 10 | |
GPS Processing Workshop (PAGES) | 3.2% | 1 | |
Network Adjustment Workshop (ADJUST) | 9.7% | 3 | |
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) | 29.0% | 9 | |
NGS Products and Services | 6.5% | 2 | |
Positioning Accuracy and Standards | 9.7% | 3 | |
State Plane Coordinates and Datum Transformations | 35.5% | 11 | |
Survey Mark Preservation | 16.1% | 5 | |
Tidal & Geodetic Vertical Datums | 6.5% | 2 |
18. Is there a Workshop/Forum listed that you have not attended but would like to attend in your area? | |||
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answered question | 79 | ||
skipped question | 88 | ||
Response Percent | Response Count | ||
Height Modernization Forum | 17.7% | 14 | |
Blue Booking | 13.9% | 11 | |
Calibration Baselines | 16.5% | 13 | |
NGS CORS Usage | 38.0% | 30 | |
Developing an Accurate GIS/LIS | 41.8% | 33 | |
Development, Implementation and Future of NSRS | 7.6% | 6 | |
GPS-Derived Heights – Part 1: Development and Description of NGS Guidelines | 31.6% | 25 | |
GPS Derived Heights – Part 2: Planning and Evaluating a GPS Vertical Survey | 31.6% | 25 | |
GPS Processing Workshops | 48.1% | 38 | |
GPS Processing Workshop (PAGES) | 20.3% | 16 | |
Network Adjustment Workshop (ADJUST) | 24.1% | 19 | |
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) | 31.6% | 25 | |
NGS Products and Services | 29.1% | 23 | |
Positioning Accuracy and Standards | 41.8% | 33 | |
State Plane Coordinates and Datum Transformations | 49.4% | 39 | |
Survey Mark Preservation | 34.2% | 27 | |
Tidal & Geodetic Vertical Datums | 11.4% | 9 |
19. Is there another Workshop that you would like NGS to provide? | ||
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answered question | 5 | |
skipped question | 162 | |
Response Count | ||
5 |
20. The NGS State Geodetic Advisor Program is a cost-sharing program that provides a liaison between NOAA and the host state, usually with a jointly-funded NOAA employee residing in the state to guide and assist the state's geodetic and surveying programs. Are you aware of the State Advisor/Coordinator Program? | |||
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answered question | 156 | ||
skipped question | 11 | ||
Response Percent | Response Count | ||
Yes | 18.6% | 29 | |
No | 81.4% | 127 |
21. If you live in a State with a State Advisor/Coordinator, what has been your level of satisfaction with that individual? | |||
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answered question | 121 | ||
skipped question | 46 | ||
Response Percent | Response Count | ||
Very Satisfied | 5.0% | 6 | |
Satisfied | 10.7% | 13 | |
Not Satisfied | 1.7% | 2 | |
Not Applicable | 82.6% | 100 |
22. What is your overall level of satisfaction withe products and services that NGS provides to your work? | |||
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answered question | 151 | ||
skipped question | 16 | ||
Response Percent | Response Count | ||
Very Satisfied | 5.3% | 8 | |
Satisfied | 51.7% | 78 | |
Not Satisfied | 1.3% | 2 | |
Not Applicable | 41.7% | 63 |
23. NGS employees respond to inquiries regarding the availability and use of geodetic data. If you have contacted an NGS employee for assistance, what has been your level of satisfaction with their response? | |||
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answered question | 150 | ||
skipped question | 17 | ||
Response Percent | Response Count | ||
Very Satisfied | 1.3% | 2 | |
Satisfied | 24.0% | 36 | |
Not Satisfied | 3.3% | 5 | |
Not Applicable | 71.3% | 107 |
24. Please provide any comments you have regarding NGS data products and services. | ||
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answered question | 14 | |
skipped question | 153 | |
Response Count | ||
14 |
25. Would you be willing to serve on focus groups or panels to improve NGS’ products and services? | |||
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answered question | 155 | ||
skipped question | 12 | ||
Response Percent | Response Count | ||
Yes | 20.0% | 31 | |
No | 80.0% | 124 |