NOS National Geodetic Survey County Scorecard, Phase 3

NGS County Scorecard
OMB # 0648-0342
Expires 07/31/2008

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What State are you representing?
What County are you representing?
What best describes your profession?

What is your contact information? (optional)

How familiar are you with NGS’ products and
services?

Infrastructure

How would you rate your local positioning
infrastructure?
• CORS GPS Data Availability
• CORS Data Reliability
• Monumented NGS Control- Horizontal
• Monumented NGS Control – Vertical
Part of the mission of the National Geodetic Survey, 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)

NGS makes data available for a wide variety of uses.
What has been your satisfaction with the following
data?
• Aeronautical Photos and Data
• CORS: GPS Continuously Operating Reference
Stations
• Monumented NGS Control- Horizontal
• Monumented NGS Control – Vertical

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• County Surveyor (non-NACS member)
• County Surveyor (NACS member)
• Local Government Representative
• Geodesist/Cartographer
• Other Land Surveyor/Engineer
• GIS/Mapping User
• Other (Please Specify)
• Email
• Phone
• Address
• Very Familiar
• Somewhat Familiar
• Not Familiar
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Excellent
Adequate
Inadequate
Don’t Know or N/A

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Traditional Datasheet
Shapefiles: Shapefiles format is intended
to be used with a GIS or automated
mapping system
SDTS: SDTS format is intended to be used
with a GIS or automated mapping system
Tidal Bench Marks
Other (please specify)
Very Satisfied
Satisfied
Not Satisfied
Not Applicable

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Geoid Models
GPS Orbital Data
IERS Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF) control
points
• GPS Derived Ionosphere maps
• Tidal and Orthometric Elevations
• Other (please specify)
Do you feel you have sufficient access to:
• Horizontal Position Component of NSRS
• Ellipsoid Height Component of NSRS
• Orthometric Height Component of NSRS
• Azimuth from geodetic and grid north
• Length Standard (Calibration Baseline)
• Gravity Data
• Historical Data
• Deflection of the Vertical
• Other Geodetic Information
What is your overall satisfaction with NGS’
infrastructure?
Please provide any comments on NGS’ data products
and infrastructure

Models and
Tools

Please rate the Models and Tools with which you are
familiar, with respect to how user friendly they are
(Note: the survey will show only the models and
tools that were checked above)
• On-line Positioning User Service (OPUS )
• DYNAMIC_HT
• GEOID03
• Horizontal Time Dependent Positioning (HTDP)
• Inverse/Forward/Invers3D/Forwrd3D
• Magnetic Declination
• North American Datum Conversion Utility
(NADCON)
• NAVD 88 Modeled Gravity
• State Plane Coordinates
• Surface Gravity Prediction
• Tidal and Orthometric Elevations
• U.S. National Grid

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Yes
No
Not Applicable

• Very Satisfied
• Satisfied
• Not Satisfied
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Very user friendly
Average User friendly
Not user friendly
Not Familiar

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Universal Transverse Mercator Coordinates
User Friendly CORS (UFCORS)
North American Vertical Datum Conversion
Utility (VERTCON)
• XYZ Coordinate Conversion
• NGS Mark Recovery Program
• Specifications, Guidelines, and Tools
• Other (please specify)
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 userfriendly:

What is your overall satisfaction with NGS Models
and Tools?

Capacity

Please provide any additional comments you have
regarding NGS Models and Tools.
NGS conducts the following workshops throughout
the United States, involving the cooperation of

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On-line Positioning User Service (OPUS
and OPUS DB )
• DYNAMIC_HT
• GEOID03
• Horizontal Time Dependent Positioning
(HTDP)
• Inverse/Forward/Invers3D/Forwrd3D
• Magnetic Declination
• North American Datum Conversion
Utility (NADCON)
• North American Vertical Datum of 1988
(NAVD 88)
• State Plane Coordinates
• Surface Gravity Prediction
• Tidal and Orthometric Elevations
• U.S. National Grid
• Universal Transverse Mercator
Coordinates
• User Friendly CORS (UFCORS)
• North American Vertical Datum
Conversion Utility (VERTCON)
• XYZ Coordinate Conversion
• NGS Mark Recovery Program
• Specifications, Guidelines, and Tools
• Other (please specify)
• Very Satisfied
• Satisfied
• Not Satisfied
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Excellent
Adequate

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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.
(check all that apply):

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Inadequate
Have Not Attended

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Height Modernization Forum
Blue Booking
Calibration Baselines
CORS Usage
Developing an Accurate GIS/LIS
Development, Implementation and
Future of NSRS
GPS-Derived Heights – Part 1:
Development and Description of NGS
Guidelines
GPS Derived Heights – Part 2: Planning

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Height Modernization Forum
Blue Booking
Calibration Baselines
CORS Usage
Developing an Accurate GIS/LIS
Development, Implementation and Future of
NSRS
• GPS-Derived Heights – Part 1: Development and
Description of NGS Guidelines
• GPS Derived Heights – Part 2: Planning and
Evaluating a GPS Vertical Survey
• GPS Processing Workshops
• GPS Processing Workshop (PAGES)
• Network Adjustment Workshop (ADJUST)
• North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD
88)
• NGS Products and Services
• Positioning Accuracy and Standards
• State Plane Coordinates and Datum
Transformations
• Survey Mark Preservation
• Tidal & Geodetic Vertical Datums
• Other (please specify)
Is there a Workshop/Forum listed that you have not
attended but would have liked to attend in your area?

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Is there another Workshop that you would like NGS
to provide?
Have you seen or visited the NGS booth in the last
year at participating conferences, if so, how would
you rate it?
Are you aware of the State Advisor/Coordinator
Program?
If you live in a state with a State
Advisor/Coordinator, what has been your level of
satisfaction with that individual?
What is your overall satisfaction of NGS’ capacity
building efforts and outreach?

Overall NGS
Satisfaction

What is your overall level of satisfaction with the
products and services that NOAA’s NGS provides to
your work?
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?
Please provide any comments you have regarding
NGS data products and services.

and Evaluating a GPS Vertical Survey
• GPS Processing Workshops
• GPS Processing Workshop (PAGES)
• Network Adjustment Workshop
(ADJUST)
• North American Vertical Datum of 1988
(NAVD 88)
• NGS Products and Services
• Positioning Accuracy and Standards
• State Plane Coordinates and Datum
Transformations
• Survey Mark Preservation
• Tidal & Geodetic Vertical Datums
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Very Satisfied
Satisfied
Not Satisfied
Not Applicable
Yes
No
Very Satisfied
Satisfied
Not Satisfied
Not Applicable
Very Satisfied
Satisfied
Not Satisfied

• Very Satisfied
• Satisfied
• Not Satisfied
• Very Satisfied
• Satisfied
• Not Satisfied
• Not Applicable
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Expires 07/31/2008

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