NOAA's National Geodetic Survey County Scorecard - September 2008 Results
1. What State are you representing?
  Response
Count

80
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2. Which County in your State are you representing?
  Response
Count

80
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3. What best describes your profession?
  Response
Percent
Response
Count
County Surveyor (non-NACS member)
16.0% 16
County Surveyor (NACS member)
6.0% 6
Local Government Representative
16.0% 16
Geodesist/Cartographer
3.0% 3
Other Land Surveyor/Engineer
21.0% 21
GIS/Mapping User
26.0% 26
Other (please specify)
12.0% 12
  answered question 80
 
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4. How would you rate your local positioning infrastructure?
  Excellent Adequate Inadequate N/A Rating
Average
Response
Count
CORS GPS Data Availability 17.5% (14) 46.3% (37) 22.5% (18) 13.8% (11) 2.08 80
CORS Data Reliability 21.3% (17) 47.5% (38) 12.5% (10) 18.8% (15) 1.99 80
Monumented NGS Control - Horizontal 17.5% (14) 46.3% (37) 26.3% (21) 10.0% (8) 2.06 80
Monumented NGS Control - Vertical 7.5% (6) 43.8% (35) 36.3% (29) 12.5% (10) 2.26 80
  answered question 80
 
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5. Part of NGS' mission is to provide the public with survey control information, such as Latitude, Longitude, Height and Gravity Data. NGS datasheets provide this information. Which NGS data retrieval options have you used? (check all that apply)
  Response
Percent
Response
Count
Traditional Datasheet
71.8% 56
Shapefiles: Shapefiles format is intended to be used with a GIS or automated mapping system
42.3% 33
SDTS: SDTS format is intended to be used with a GIS or automated mapping system
10.3% 8
Tidal Bench Marks
6.4% 5
Other (please specify)
2.6% 2
  answered question 78
 
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6. NGS makes data available for a wide variety of uses. What has been your satisfaction with the following data?
  Very Satisfied Satisfied Not Satisfied N/A Rating
Average
Response
Count
Aeronautical Photos and Data 0.0% (0) 39.2% (31) 2.5% (2) 58.2% (46) 2.07 79
CORS: GPS Continuously Operating Reference Stations 11.4% (9) 43.0% (34) 12.7% (10) 32.9% (26) 2.05 79
Monumented NGS Control- Horizontal 16.5% (13) 50.6% (40) 22.8% (18) 10.1% (8) 3.00 79
Monumented NGS Control – Vertical 9.0% (7) 47.4% (37) 28.2% (22) 15.4% (12) 2.25 78
Geoid Models 6.4% (5) 32.1% (25) 10.3% (8) 51.3% (40) 2.09 78
GPS Orbital Data 2.6% (2) 29.9% (23) 3.9% (3) 63.6% (49) 2.10 77
IERS Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF) control points 1.3% (1) 14.3% (11) 5.2% (4) 79.2% (61) 2.21 77
GPS Derived Ionosphere maps 0.0% (0) 10.5% (8) 3.9% (3) 85.5% (65) 2.36 76
Tidal and Orthometric Elevations 0.0% (0) 19.5% (15) 5.2% (4) 75.3% (58) 2.21 77
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7. Do you feel you have sufficient access to:
  Yes No N/A Response
Count
Horizontal Position Component of NSRS 63.3% (50) 12.7% (10) 25.3% (20) 79
Ellipsoid Height Component of NSRS 52.2% (42) 12.7% (10) 35.4% (28) 79
Orthometric Height Component of NSRS 55.7% (44) 15.2% (12) 29.1% (23) 79
Azimuth from geodetic and grid north 54.4% (43) 16.5% (13) 29.1% (23) 79
Length Standard (Calibration Baseline) 37.2% (29) 25.6% (20) 37.2% (29) 78
Gravity Data 26.9% (21) 9.0% (7) 64.1% (50) 78
Historical Data 41.0% (32) 15.4% (12) 43.6% (34) 78
Deflection of the Vertical 30.8% (24) 6.4% (5) 62.8% (49) 78
Other Geodetic Information 34.6% (27) 10.3% (8) 55.1% (43) 78
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8. What is your overall satisfaction with NGS infrastructure?
  Response
Percent
Response
Count
Very Satisfied
11.3% 9
Satisfied
75.0% 60
Not Satisfied
13.8% 11
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9. Please provide any comments on NGS data products and infrastructure.
  Response
Count

21
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10. Please rate the Models and Tools with which you are familiar, with respect to how user friendly they are.
  Very User Friendly Average User Friendly Not User Friendly Not Familiar Rating
Average
Response
Count
On-line Positioning User Service (OPUS ) 23.4% (18) 23.4% (18) 2.6% (2) 50.6% (39) 1.68 77
DYNAMIC_HT 2.6% (2) 10.4% (8) 1.3% (1) 85.7% (66) 1.93 77
GEOID03 9.1% (7) 24.7% (19) 3.9% (3) 62.3% (48) 1.91 77
Horizontal Time Dependent Positioning (HTDP) 5.3% (4) 6.6% (5) 3.9% (3) 84.2% (64) 1.84 76
Inverse/Forward/Invers3D/Forwrd3D 3.9% (3) 6.5% (5) 2.6% (2) 87.0% (67) 1.84 77
Magnetic Declination 14.1% (11) 19.2% (15) 0.0% (0) 66.7% (52) 1.62 78
North American Datum Conversion Utility (NADCON) 13.9% (11) 39.2% (31) 2.5% (2) 44.3% (35) 1.83 79
NAVD 88 Modeled Gravity 5.1% (4) 11.5% (9) 0.0% (0) 83.3% (65) 1.64 78
State Plane Coordinates 32.5% (26) 45.0% (36) 2.5% (2) 20.0% (16) 1.65 80
Surface Gravity Prediction 2.6% (2) 5.2% (4) 2.6% (2) 89.6% (69) 1.94 77
Tidal and Orthometric Elevations 3.8% (3) 19.2% (15) 3.8% (3) 73.1% (57) 2.00 78
U.S. National Grid 3.8% (3) 29.5% (23) 3.8% (3) 62.8% (49) 2.00 78
Universal Transverse Mercator Coordinates 10.3% (8) 35.9% (28) 2.6% (2) 51.3% (40) 1.88 78
User Friendly CORS (UFCORS) 9.0% (7) 25.6% (20) 2.6% (2) 62.8% (49) 1.88 78
North American Vertical Datum Conversion Utility (VERTCON) 11.5% (9) 28.2% (22) 1.3% (1) 59.0% (46) 1.79 78
XYZ Coordinate Conversion 7.8% (6) 31.2% (24) 5.2% (4) 55.8% (43) 1.97 77
NGS Mark Recovery Program 11.5% (9) 26.9% (21) 10.3% (8) 51.3% (40) 1.95 78
Specifications, Guidelines, and Tools 5.1% (4) 34.6% (27) 3.8% (3) 56.4% (44) 1.96 78
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11. For each of the following tools, enter any comments or suggestions for improvements that you might have to make the Models and Tools more useful and user-friendly:
  Response
Percent
Response
Count
On-line Positioning User Service (OPUS and OPUS DB )
50.0% 5
DYNAMIC_HT
10.0% 1
GEOID03
20.0% 2
Horizontal Time Dependent Positioning (HTDP)
20.0% 2
Inverse/Forward/Invers3D/Forwrd3D
10.0% 1
Magnetic Declination
20.0% 2
North American Datum Conversion Utility (NADCON)
10.0% 1
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88)
20.0% 2
State Plane Coordinates
30.0% 3
Surface Gravity Prediction
10.0% 1
Tidal and Orthometric Elevations
10.0% 1
U.S. National Grid
30.0% 3
Universal Transverse Mercator Coordinates
10.0% 1
User Friendly CORS (UFCORS)
10.0% 1
North American Vertical Datum Conversion Utility (VERTCON)
10.0% 1
XYZ Coordinate Conversion
10.0% 1
NGS Mark Recovery Program
30.0% 3
Specifications, Guidelines, and Tools
10.0% 1
Other (please specify)
10.0% 1
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12. What is your overall satisfiaction with NGS' Models and Tools?
  Response
Percent
Response
Count
Very Satisfied
8.8% 7
Satisfied
82.5% 66
Not Satisfied
8.8% 7
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13. Please provide any additional comments you have regarding NGS Models and Tools.
  Response
Count

9
  answered question 9
 
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14. 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 and please rate the following workshops you have attended
  Excellent Adequate Inadequate Have Not Attended Rating
Average
Response
Count
Height Modernization Forum 3.9% (3) 11.7% (9) 3.9% (3) 80.5% (62) 2.08 77
Blue Booking 1.3% (1) 7.8% (6) 2.6% (2) 88.3% (68) 2.09 77
Calibration Baselines 5.2% (4) 3.9% (3) 3.9% (3) 87.0% (67) 1.93 77
CORS Usage 2.6% (2) 11.7% (9) 3.9% (3) 81.8% (63) 2.17 77
Developing an Accurate GIS/LIS 2.6% (2) 7.8% (6) 2.6% (2) 87.0% (67) 2.00 77
Development, Implementation and Future of NSRS 1.3% (1) 7.8% (6) 0.0% (0) 90.9% (70) 1.75 77
GPS-Derived Heights – Part 1: Development and Description of NGS Guidelines 1.3% (1) 6.5% (5) 1.3% (1) 90.9% (70) 1.85 77
GPS Derived Heights – Part 2: Planning and Evaluating a GPS Vertical Survey 1.3% (1) 5.3% (4) 2.6% (2) 90.8% (69) 2.09 76
GPS Processing Workshops 1.3% (1) 7.9% (6) 2.6% (2) 88.2% (67) 2.00 76
GPS Processing Workshop (PAGES) 0.0% (0) 4.0% (3) 2.7% (2) 93.3% (70) 2.25 75
Network Adjustment Workshop (ADJUST) 1.3% (1) 6.6% (5) 2.6% (2) 89.5% (68) 2.07 76
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) 0.0% (0) 7.9% (6) 1.3% (1) 90.8% (69) 2.09 76
NGS Products and Services 2.6% (2) 5.3% (4) 1.3% (1) 90.8% (69) 1.92 76
Positioning Accuracy and Standards 3.9% (3) 6.6% (5) 1.3% (1) 88.2% (67) 1.75 76
State Plane Coordinates and Datum Transformations 6.5% (5) 6.5% (5) 2.6% (2) 84.4% (65) 1.61 77
Survey Mark Preservation 1.3% (1) 6.6% (5) 3.9% (3) 88.2% (67) 2.13 76
Tidal & Geodetic Vertical Datums 0.0% (0) 3.9% (3) 2.6% (2) 93.4% (71) 2.42 76
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15. Is there a Workshop/Forum listed that you have not attended but would like to attend in your area?
  Response
Percent
Response
Count
Height Modernization Forum
14.5% 8
Blue Booking
25.5% 14
Calibration Baselines
16.4% 9
CORS Usage
52.7% 29
Developing an Accurate GIS/LIS
47.3% 26
Development, Implementation and Future of NSRS
12.7% 7
GPS-Derived Heights – Part 1: Development and Description of NGS Guidelines
30.9% 17
GPS Derived Heights – Part 2: Planning and Evaluating a GPS Vertical Survey
32.7% 18
GPS Processing Workshops
52.7% 29
GPS Processing Workshop (PAGES)
32.7% 18
Network Adjustment Workshop (ADJUST)
23.6% 13
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88)
34.5% 19
NGS Products and Services
29.1% 16
Positioning Accuracy and Standards
40.0% 22
State Plane Coordinates and Datum Transformations
54.5% 30
Survey Mark Preservation
50.9% 28
Tidal & Geodetic Vertical Datums
21.8% 12
Other (please specify)   0.0% 0
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16. Is there another Workshop that you would like NGS to provide?
  Response
Count

10
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17. Have you seen or visited the NGS booth in the last year at participating conferences, if so, how would you rate it?
  Response
Percent
Response
Count
Very Satisfied
6.0% 5
Satisfied
30.1% 25
Not Satisfied
1.2% 1
N/A
60.2% 50
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18. Are you aware of the State Advisor/Coordinator Program?
  Response
Percent
Response
Count
Yes
51.9% 42
No
48.1% 39
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19. If you live in a State with a State Advisor/Coordinator, what has been your level of satisfaction with that individual?
  Response
Percent
Response
Count
Very Satisfied
27.8% 22
Satisfied
15.2% 12
Not Satisfied
1.3% 1
N/A
55.7% 44
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20. What is your overall level of satisfaction of NGS' capacity building efforts and outreach?
  Response
Percent
Response
Count
Very Satisfied
10.4% 8
Satisfied
62.3% 48
Not Satisifed
27.3% 21
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21. What is your overall level of satisfaction withe products and services that NGS provides to your work?
  Response
Percent
Response
Count
Very Satisfied
8.6% 7
Satisfied
71.6% 58
Not Satisfied
19.8% 16
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22. 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?
  Response
Percent
Response
Count
Very Satisfied
17.5% 14
Satisfied
30.0% 24
Not Satisfied
2.5% 2
N/A
50.0% 40
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23. Please provide any comments you have regarding NGS data products and services.
  Response
Count

10
  answered question 10
 
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