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APPENDIX B
SAMPLING AND GENERAL RESULTS
(Tables 1–13)
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TABLE 1 Distribution of Questionnaires Mailed and Returned Listed by Professional Association
Association
Members in Polled Pool
Number Mailed
Respondents
Nonrespondents
Relevant
Not Relevanta
Otherb
Undelivered
No Response
AAPG
24,133
802
297 (37)
18 (2)
13 (2)
80 (10)
390 (49)
AEG
2,233
71
41 (58)
1 (1)
4 (6)
2 (3)
23 (33)
AICP
4,667
129
30 (24)
5 (4)
4 (3)
6 (5)
83 (64)
AWRA
1,933
57
22 (39)
2 (3)
1 (1)
2 (3)
30 (53)
GSA
9,800
264
158 (56)
7 (3)
12 (4)
11 (4)
87 (33)
SEXG
10,500
343
100 (32)
26 (8)
3 (1)
30 (9)
173 (50)
SEG
1,700
52
24 (50)
2 (4)
1 (1)
7 (13)
16 (31)
SEPM
3,967
148
64 (45)
6 (4)
1 (1)
32 (22)
43 (29)
SME (AIME)
19,000
658
131 (20)
26 (4)
25 (4)
86 (13)
388 (59)
TOTAL
77,933
2,524
857
93
64
256
1,233
NOTE: Percentages (in parentheses) for each cagegory of mailed out questionnaires
a Respondents returning questionnaire with comment that information requested is not relevant to their work.
b Category includes following reasons stated by respondents for not completing questionnaire: Did not complete; Unable to complete; Too busy to complete; Retired; Sabbatical; No longer with company; Unemployed; Illness; Deceased.
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TABLE 2 Distribution of Respondents by State
Alabama
8
Louisiana
47
Ohio
14
Alaska
11
Maine
2
Oklahoma
57
Arizona
25
Maryland
6
Oregon
8
Arkansas
5
Massachusetts
15
Pennsylvania
31
California
125
Michigan
12
Rhode Island
1
Colorado
152
Minnesota
9
South Carolina
4
Connecticut
4
Mississippi
11
South Dakota
2
Delaware
3
Missouri
9
Tennessee
10
Florida
18
Montana
9
Texas
220
Georgia
12
Nebraska
1
Utah
32
Hawaii
3
Nevada
16
Vermont
2
Idaho
10
New Hampshire
0
Virginia
27
Illinois
17
New Jersey
7
Washington
16
Indiana
8
New Mexico
24
West Virginia
5
Iowa
1
New York
22
Wisconsin
9
Kansas
7
North Carolina
5
Wyoming
20
Kentucky
10
North Dakota
5
Total
Response 1077
TABLE 3 Respondents by Category of Employment
Category
Respondents
Individual Response
Response for Organization
Organization Map Users
Total Map Use
Academic
158
101
57
1,143
1,244
Private industry
592
211
380
7,787
7,999
Consulting
211
92
119
753
845
Local government
31
13
18
87
100
State government
45
10
34
367
377
Federal government
121
78
43
1,085
1,163
Other
55
17
38
527
544
TOTAL
1,213
523
689
11,749
12,272
TABLE 4 Activities Respondents Consider “Extremely Important” to Their Work
Category of Employment
Work Activity
Academic
Government
Industry
Other
Total
Resource planning
20 (8)
56 (17)
167 (11)
10 (22)
253
Resource exploration
41 (16)
53 (16)
584 (39)
5 (11)
683
Resource development
13 (5)
37 (11)
382 (26)
5 (11)
437
Scientific research
123 (48)
72 (22)
122 (8)
5 (11)
322
Engineering
13 (5)
50 (15)
138 (9)
11 (25)
212
Hazard mitigation
12 (5)
54 (16)
76 (5)
8 (18)
150
Other
32 (13)
8 (3)
22 (2)
1 (2)
63
TOTAL
254
330
1491
45
2120
NOTE: Number of respondents followed by percentage (in parentheses).
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TABLE 5 Percentage of Categories of Employment Performing Each Work Activity
Work Activity
Academic
Government
Industry
Other
Resource planning
8
22
66
4
Resource exploration
6
8
85
1
Resource development
3
9
87
1
Scientific research
38
22
38
1
Engineering
6
24
65
5
Hazard mitigation
8
36
51
5
Other
50
13
35
2
TABLE 6 Responses to Question 4 Showing Estimated Number of Maps Used per Year
Number of Maps
Number of Respondents
Blank
202 (19)
1–9
101 (9)
10–49
284 (26)
50–99
136 (13)
100–499
298 (27)
>500
54 (5)
>1000
10 (1)
TOTAL
1085
NOTE: Percent of respondents shown in parentheses.
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TABLE 7a Map Usage (Number per Year) by Category of Work
Category
0
0–9
10–49
50–99
100–499
500–999
>1000
Academic
25
12
57
22
36
8
1
Industry
116
65
128
67
181
42
6
Consultant
39
14
51
43
63
4
0
Local government
8
6
8
2
7
0
0
State government
11
5
5
7
10
2
1
Federal government
14
6
52
10
38
1
2
Other
10
6
21
5
11
3
0
TABLE 7b Map Usage (Number per Year) by Work Activity
CATEGORY
0
0–9
10–49
50–99
100–499
500–999
>1000
Resource planning
25
15
62
30
69
20
3
Resourse exploration
111
50
169
89
217
41
8
Resource development
78
31
94
59
139
33
6
Scientific research
51
24
97
36
94
17
3
Engineering
43
22
53
83
51
10
2
Hazard mitigation
23
13
43
23
43
6
0
Other
9
6
17
9
17
4
1
TABLE 8 Source of Geoscience Maps Used by Categories
Category of Employment
Work Activity
Academic
Government
Industry
Other
Total
Federal agency
136 (40)
141 (40)
419 (27)
18 (32)
714
State agency
80 (24)
80 (23)
281 (18)
12 (22)
453
Local agency
8 (2)
11 (3)
63 (4)
7 (13)
89
Academia
48 (14)
23 (7)
74 (5)
1 (2)
146
Self-produced
54 (16)
84 (24)
584 (38)
12 (22)
734
Other
15 (4)
11 (3)
117 (8)
5 (9)
148
TOTAL
341
350
1,538
55
2,284
NOTE: Number of respondents followed by percentage (in parentheses).
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TABLE 9 Number and Percentage of Responses Indicating Printing Styles Favored for Different Geoscience Map Types
Style
Geologic
Geophysical
Groundwater
Total
Full Color
651 (52)
137 (19)
87 (25)
875
One Color
226 (18)
154 (21)
103 (29)
483
Black & White
381 (30)
431 (60)
160 (46)
972
TOTAL
1258
722
350
2330
NOTE: Percentage shown (in parentheses) is percentage of each style for the map type indicated.
TABLE 10 Number and Percentage (in parentheses) of Responses Indicating Bases Considered “Extremely Important” for Three Geoscience Map Types
Base Map
Geologic
Geophysical
Groundwater
Total
Topographic
827 (35)
459 (35)
278 (30)
1564
Land net
379 (16)
268 (21)
114 (12)
761
Culture
216 (9)
154 (12)
109 (12)
479
Drainage
422 (18)
188 (14)
255 (28)
865
Orthophoto
125 (5)
52 (4)
38 (4)
215
Orthophoto quad
140 (6)
63 (5)
44 (5)
247
Composite
248 (10)
112 (9)
74 (8)
434
TABLE 11 Relative Importance of Different Scales for Three Types of Geoscience Maps with Percentages of Scale Category for Each Map Type
Scale
Geologic
Geophysical
Groundwater
Total
Large
766 (40)
481 (41)
221 (57)
1468 (43)
Medium
533 (28)
312 (27)
43 (11)
888 (26)
Small
290 (15)
185 (16)
123 (32)
598 (17)
Regional
306 (16)
192 (16)
0 (0)
498 (14)
TOTAL
1895
1170
387
3452
NOTE: Large is less than 1:24:000; medium is 1:24,000 to 1:62,500; small is 1:100,000 to 1:250,000; regional is greater than 1:250,000.
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TABLE 12 Relative Importance of Different Scales for Three Types of Geoscience Maps with Percentages of Scale Category for Each Map Type
Scale
Geologic
Geophysical
Groundwater
Large
52
33
15
Medium
60
35
5
Small
48
31
21
Regional
61
39
0
NOTE: Large is less than 1:24:000; medium is 1:24,000 to 1:62,500; small is 1:100,000 to 1:250,000; regional is greater than 1:250,000.
TABLE 13 Number of Responses and Percentages (in parentheses) Indicating Importance Accorded Different Self -Produced Map Types by Organizational Groups
Map Type
Academic
Government
Industry
Other
Responses
Geologic
102 (39)
86 (31)
603 (37)
13 (28)
804
Geophysical
40 (15)
33 (12)
404 (25)
10 (22)
487
Geochemical
17 (6)
26 (10)
149 (9)
2 (4)
194
Metallogenic
9 (3)
13 (5)
67 (4)
0 (0)
89
Derivative geologic
37 (14)
40 (15)
244 (15)
3 (7)
324
Groundwater
27 (10)
42 (15)
92 (6)
6 (13)
167
Derivative land use
19 (7)
27 (10)
66 (4)
10 (22)
122
Other
12 (5)
7 (3)
22 (1)
2 (2)
43
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