User needs assessment of NLBIF
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1. Personal details:
(name, contact details)
Company/institution:
(name, address)
2. Do you use/need biodiversity data?
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3. For which application do you use biodiversity data? Choose all that applies.
4. Which functions do you apply on your biodiversity data?
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
I don't know
Query
View
Visualisation (non cartographic)
Modeling
Mapping
Spatial analysis
Measuring
Classification
Data management
Data conversion
Coordinate transformation
Find
Identify
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5. Rank the following data topics according to their frequency of use or indicate if you would need it:
Use often
Use sometimes
Use rarely
Use never
Would need
Boundaries of a protected site
Habitats/biotopes: only the protected habitats/biotopes
Habitats/biotopes: area coverage regardless its protection
Occurrence/distribution of animal species
Occurrence/distribution of plant species
Occurrence/distribution of red listed species
Occurrence distribution of molecular species
Actual vegetation
Potential vegetation
Actual land use
Land use change
Others (specify below)
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Others:
6. How often do you use the following temporal aspects concerning biodiversity data?
Often
Sometime
Rarely
Never
Single date (date)
Multiple date (date+date+date+...)
Temporal range (from...to...)
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7. Where do you get your biodiversity data from? Specify below:
8. Indicate the extent in which accessing biodiversity data is a problem at this time?
Non
Minor
Large
Major
I don't know
Data catalogues
Metadata
Access to data repositories and databases
Clarity/understanding in terms of use concerning the property rights
Accessing data of other countries
Accessing data of other areas of expertise
Other (please specify below)
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Other:
9. Do you use metadata (information on data) for exploring biodiversity data?
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10. Indicate the extent in which the following issues are a problem?
Non
Minor
Large
Major
I don't know
Quality of metadata
Quantity of metadata
Completeness
Other (specify below)
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Other:
11. Do you face any difficulties concerning the use of biodiversity data from different sources (e.g. from different institutions):
Non
Minor
Large
Major
I don't know
Category/Classification
Availability
Up-to-dateness/currentness
Specificity
Missing source reference
Processing issues
Scale of data
Data Quality
Metadata
Language
Multicultural issues
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12. Do you use data about species/species distribution?
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13. How often do you use data about the following species categories?
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Mammals (Mammalia)
Amphibia (Amphibia)
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Birds (Aves)
Fish (Pisces)
Invertebrates (Invertebrata)
Ferns (Pteridophyta)
Conifers (Gymnospermae)
Flowering Plants (Angiospermae)
Bryophyta/mosses (Bryophytes)
Algae (Phycophyta)
Fungi (Fungi)
Lichens (Lichenes)
Protists
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14. How often do you use data about the following habitat classes? Rank according to their frequency of use.
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Marine areas, sea inlets
Tidal rivers, estuaries, mudflats, sand flats, lagoons
Salt marshes, salt pastures, salt steppes
Coastal sand dunes, sand beaches, machair
Shingle, sea cliffs, islets
Inland water bodies (standing and running waters)
Bogs, marshes, water fringed vegetation, fens
Heath, shrub, maquis and garrigue, phrygana
Dry grassland, steppes
Humid grassland, mesophile grassland
Alpine and sub-alpine grassland
Extensive cereal cultures
Ricefields
Improved grasslands
Other arable land
Broad leaved deciduous woodland
Coniferous woodland
Broad-leaved evergreen woodland
Mixed woodland
Artificial forest monoculture
Non-forest areas cultivated with woody plants
Inland rocks, screes, sands, permanent snow and ice
Other land (please specify below)
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15. Do you use data about habitats/biotopes?
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16. Which of the following software do you currently use, or do you intend to use?
Use
Not used & no need
Would need
I don´t know
Desktop GIS
Server based GIS
Web clients (e.g. Google Earth, MS Virtual Earth)
Database management systems (e.g. Oracle, MS Access)
Digital image processing software (e.g. Erdas Imagine)
Computer Aided Design (CAD) software (e.g. AutoCAD, Microstation)
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17. Do you use any geoportal (such as e.g. "Geoportal INSPIRE")? If yes, please specify which one(s):
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18. For which kind of activity do you use geoportals? Choose all that applies.
19. Which modes of operation do you use for viewing spatial data & maps at geoportals? Choose all that applies.
20. Which search-options do you use at geoportals? Choose all that applies.
21. As a user of geoportals, do you face any difficulties using them (e.g. viewing, searching, languages)? If so, describe them briefly (max. 100 characters each).
Other:
22. Do you want to tell us more? We will be happy to meet you personally.
Please, indicate below, if you are available for a face-to-face interview:
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