[GRASSLIST:2225] An informal survey

[Rich Shepard]

  Several of us have been wondering who is out on the lawn, grazing on the
GRASS. So, I decided to initiate this informal survey of GRASS users and
potential users who lurk on the mail list. To avoid flooding the list with
the hundreds of thousands of responses we expect, please reply directly to
me and I'll summarize the results and post them here for everyone's awe and
amazement.

  These questions and categories are all my own. Feel free to add or modify
so we have a comprehensive picture of the GRASS community.

  Here we go:

1.) In what setting do you work and use GRASS?

	a) Academia
	b) Government (what level)
	c) Business/Commerce
		Real Estate
		Banking
		Retail
		Distribution
		Medical/health care
	d) Industry
		Agriculture
		Mining
		Forestry
		Energy
	e) Consultant (what type; to whom)
	f) Other (please explain)

2.) What is your primary use of GRASS?

	a) Resource allocation
	b) Other planning activities
	c) Research
		Basic (in what subjects)
		Applied (in what subjects)
		Teaching
	d) Natural resource management
	e) Pollution evaluation/remediation
	f) Environmental issues
	g) Permitting
	h) Reclamation
	i) Wildlife studies
	j) Fisheries management
	k) Wetlands
	l) Hydrology
	m) Slope stability
	n) Other (please explain)

3.) How many people in your organization use GRASS?

4.) How many potential GRASS users are in your organization?

5.) What type of data do you use most often?

	a) Raster (remotely-sensed imagery)
		Satellite
		Aerial photography
		Lidar
		Radar
		Other (please explain)
	b) Vector
	c) Point

6.) What are the sources of your data?

	a) Digitized locally
	b) Government agencies
	c) Other private sector companies
	d) Other (please explain)

7.) Do you import data from other GIS formats?

	a) If yes, respond to all applicable formats
		ARC/Info .e00
		ARC/Info ungen
		ArcView shapefiles
		MapInfo .mif/.mid
		Maptitude
		ERDAS/Imagine
		TNT-Mips
		EPPL-7
		Idrisi
		Others (please explain)
	b) What proportion of your necessary data are translated from other
		formats?

8.) What are your major uses of GRASS?

	a) Spatial analyses
	b) Modeling (if so, explain)
	c) Business decision support
	d) Other (please explain)

9.) How do you present output?

	a) On computer monitor
	b) Printed/plotted on paper
	c) Web
	d) Other (please explain)

10.) What do you need from GRASS that it now lacks?

11.) On what hardware/OS platform do you run GRASS (answer for all that
	apply)?

	a) linux
	b) FreeBSD
	c) Solaris
	d) Sun O/S
	e) HP-UX
	f) Irix
	g) AIX
	h) Other UNIX variant
	i) Mac OS X
	j) Windows
	k) Other (please explain)

12.) In what country are you located and work with GRASS? (More than one
	answer is acceptable.)

13.) How long have you been using GRASS?

14.) What version(s) do you use?

15.) What is your level of GIS experience/expertise?

	a) Beginner
	b) Intermediate
	c) Expert

16.) Comments on topics I didn't cover:



  Thanks for participating. I think this will be fun and informative if
folks respond.

Rich

Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President

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