Result Summary for Survey:NOAA's National Geodetic Survey County Scorecard (NACE Members)

1. What State are you representing?
	answered question	167
	skipped question	0
	Response Count
	167

2. Which County in your State are you representing?
	answered question	167
	skipped question	0
	Response Count
	167

3. What best describes your profession?
	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?
	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?
	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?
	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?
	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?
	answered question	144
	skipped question	23
	Response Count
	144

9. How would you rate your local positioning infrastructure?
	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?
	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?
	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?
	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 ?
	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?
	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:
	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.
	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):
	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?
	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?
	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?
	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?
	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?
	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?
	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

25. Would you be willing to serve on focus groups or panels to improve NGS’ products and services?
	answered question		155
	skipped question		12
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		20.0%	31
No		80.0%	124