Name:

Organization:

Position or Job Title:

1. Do you expect your staff to be able to read and use paper maps?

Yes

No

2. Are there specific tasks you have in mind for using GIS to manage spatial data (maps)?

Yes

No

3. Do you have designated staff who will develop or use the GIS system?

Yes

No

a. If yes, which of the following options most closely corresponds to your anticipated number of GIS users.

1 to 5 6 - 10 11 - 20 More than 20

4. Which of the following options best describes the GIS work within your organization?

The staff will be primarily using and analyizing GIS data.

The staff will be primarily developing and editing GIS data.

All of the above

Don't know

5. Will data need to be developed to fulfill your GIS implementation?

Yes

No

a. If yes, please select the type of data that you anticipate dealing with in your office.

Soil types Land use Utilities (Water lines, Telephone poles, Sewer Lines)

Roads Precision Farming Data (Yield, Fertilizer, Soil Chemistry) Aerial Photography

Satellite Imagery Land owner parcel data Other (Please list the other types)

6. Does your organization have a coordinate system that your geographic data will be referenced in?

Yes

No

a. If yes, please select the coordinate systems your organization plans on using below.

Latitude and Longitude State Plane UTM Other Not yet determined

7. Will your data likely be shared with multiple organization or agencies?

Yes

No

8. Does your organization already have GIS data developed?

Yes

No

If yes, please select the software packages your office is currently using to support your GIS activities.

ArcView-ArcGIS Intergraph CAD Other > Please List

9. Which of the following techniques would best describe how your office has or will develop initial GIS data?

The organization is purchasing data from a vendor

The organization is receiving data from a partner agency

The organization is capturing data through digitizing and scanning

The organization uses GPS systems to capture it's geographic data

The organization currently has no plan

10. Will you expect your staff to edit and/or manipulate your GIS data after initial development?

Yes

No

11. Which of the following options best describes your organization's future use of GIS?

I see less GIS work by my staff in the future.

I see about the same amount work for my staff in the future with GIS

I see more work for staff using GIS within the organization.

12. Does your organization have a training plan for how staff will learn to use the GIS software?

Yes

No

If yes, please select the option below that most closely corresponds to your organization's training plans.

Training is provided by the organization internally Staff learn software on their own

The software vendor provides training to staff Staff has already received training

Other (Please specify)

13. Which of the following GIS skills are most important for your staff?

Aligning multiple layers of geographic data to the same coordinate system and map projections (geo-referencing)

Using GIS for analysis through database queries and sorting.

Using GIS to produce paper maps for clients

Using GIS to edit and update changes in digital maps and databases

Accessing and moving GIS datasets over the Internet

Extracting information from aerial photographs and satellite images

Capturing data from paper maps through digitizing or scanning

Producing reports and charts for the organization

Importing Global Positioning Systems (GPS) data into GIS systems for analysis

Other > Describe:

Don't know

14. How would you rate your organizations current knowledge and use of GIS technology?

None - No individuals have been trained in GIS, but we have some GIS data within the organization.

Basic - A few staff are trained in GIS, but the organization has little direction in how GIS is going to be applied.

Advanced - Most of the potential users are trained, and the organization has a clear direction on the applications going to be implemented using GIS

15. Is your organization interested in receiving a summary of the survey data?

Yes

No