Importance of Tools for Respondents' planning practice/analysis/research (Question #14)b: Gulf of Mexico

TOOL	Very High		High		Neutral		Low		Very Low		NAa		TOTAL
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Airborne LIDAR Data Process & Anal.	31	31	29	29	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	100	100
Benthic Terrain Modeler	9	9	14	14	19	19	22	22	18	18	18	18	100	100
C-CAP Land Cover Atlas	22	22	37	37	20	20	4	4	10	10	7	7	100	100
CanVis Visual Simulation	26	26	34	34	20	20	4	4	8	8	8	8	100	100
Chart Reprojector	8	8	13	13	21	21	20	20	21	21	17	17	100	100
Coastal County Snapshots	44	44	29	29	14	14	6	6	3	3	4	4	100	100
Cumulative Impacts Model	26	26	34	34	17	17	6	6	9	9	8	8	100	100
Digital Shoreline Analysis System	25	25	24	24	24	24	12	12	9	9	6	6	100	100
eCoastal Tools	13	13	24	24	25	25	11	11	9	9	18	18	100	100
Electronic Navigational Chart Handler	7	7	16	16	12	12	19	19	25	25	21	21	100	100
Essential Fish Habitat Mapper	11	11	15	15	24	24	17	17	14	14	19	19	100	100
FUSION	26	26	20	20	19	19	12	12	11	11	12	12	100	100
Habitat Priority Planner	26	26	33	33	14	14	10	10	9	9	8	8	100	100
Hazard Assessment Template	26	26	28	28	19	19	10	10	10	10	7	7	100	100
Hazards US Multi-Hazard HAZUS-MH	33	33	28	28	21	21	6	6	6	6	6	6	100	100
Historical Hurricane Tracks IMS	21	21	23	23	16	16	19	19	11	11	10	10	100	100
Impervious Surface Analysis Tool	43	43	34	34	12	12	5	5	2	2	4	4	100	100
Landscape Fragmentation Tool	27	27	31	31	20	20	8	8	5	5	9	9	100	100
Legislative Atlas	14	14	16	16	29	29	17	17	12	12	12	12	100	100
Lidar Data Handler	28	28	25	25	17	17	12	12	7	7	11	11	100	100
MarineMap	7	7	16	16	21	21	24	24	13	13	19	19	100	100
Marxan with Zones	11	11	25	25	27	27	16	16	6	6	15	15	100	100
Multi-Purpose Marine Cadastre	10	10	12	12	22	22	19	19	14	14	23	23	100	100
Nautical Chart Viewer	7	7	14	14	20	20	21	21	16	16	22	22	100	100
Nonpt-Source Pollute & Ersn Compare	31	31	27	27	18	18	7	7	8	8	9	9	100	100
Pract Toolkit Marine Consv Agreemnts	6	6	18	18	17	17	20	20	17	17	22	22	100	100
Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model	23	23	25	25	17	17	14	14	12	12	9	9	100	100
Sea Lev Rise & Coast Flood Freq View	26	26	28	28	14	14	12	12	12	12	8	8	100	100
Soil Data Viewer	16	16	33	33	22	22	14	14	5	5	10	10	100	100
Spatial Trends Coast Socioecon Quick	21	21	30	30	27	27	10	10	6	6	6	6	100	100
Storm Data Resource Guide	19	19	18	18	33	33	14	14	11	11	5	5	100	100
Storm Mapping Tutorial	18	18	26	26	19	19	13	13	11	11	13	13	100	100
Topograph & Bathym Data Inventory	20	20	30	30	23	23	12	12	8	8	7	7	100	100
US Marine Protected Area Online Map	10	10	19	19	22	22	22	22	11	11	16	16	100	100
Vdatum	19	19	21	21	26	26	17	17	8	8	9	9	100	100
Wave Exposure Model	15	15	22	22	19	19	13	13	13	13	18	18	100	100

b. Responses to Question #15 (What other coastal decision support tools (including models) would improve your planning practice/analysis/research?) are provided in the Raw Survey Response Matrix.

Table 5h lists 36 tools for which Gulf of Mexico coastal region respondents were asked to rate importance for planning practice, analysis, and research. The five tools with the highest percentage of very high or high importance ratings from respondents are:

The five tools with the highest percentage of low or very low importance ratings from respondents are:

The tools with more than 20% of respondents rating the tool as "Not Applicable" are:

Endnotes

1. The Cumulative Impacts Model Provides estimates of human impacts on ocean ecosystems from a host of activities.

APA Digital Coast Needs Assessment Survey

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Importance of Tools for Respondents' planning practice/analysis/research (Question #14)b: Gulf of Mexico

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