TABLE 1 Distribution of Questionnaires Mailed and Returned Listed by Professional Association
|
Association |
Members in Polled Pool |
Number Mailed |
Respondents |
Nonrespondents |
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|
Relevant |
Not Relevanta |
Otherb |
Undelivered |
No Response |
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|
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 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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
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 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
TABLE 9 Number and Percentage of Responses Indicating Printing Styles Favored for Different Geoscience Map Types
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
TABLE 12 Relative Importance of Different Scales for Three Types of Geoscience Maps with Percentages of Scale Category for Each Map Type
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 |
