APA Digital Coast Needs Assessment Survey

Needs: Training

Atlantic Southeast Region

TABLE 6e.

Interest in Web-Based Training on Coastal and Marine Planning Issues (Question #16): Atlantic Southeast

TRAININGVery HighHighNeutralLowVery LowNAaTOTAL
#%#%#%#%#%#%#%
Assessing GIS for your Organization (assists organizations in understanding components needed for GIS)281839252919151020132315154100
CanVis (intro to CanVis software, a visualization tool in planning, policy-making, and communication)332154353120106851812154100
Coastal Inundation Mapping (info on coastal inundation issues & teaches spatial techniques to map inundation)241638253422171118122315154100
Conservation Data Documentation (guide to document conservation geospatial information in GIS)201341273724191216102114154100
GIS Tools for Strategic Conservation Planning (green infrastructure, natural resource conservation, resilience)3120463036231491171610154100
GIS for Managers (provides an overview of the basic principles and functionality of ArcGIS)34223825332119121491610154100
Introducing Green Infrastructure for Coastal Resilience (teaches green infrastructure concepts for resilience)34223623402615101381610154100
Habitat Priority Planner (provides knowledge and skills for  Habitat Priority Planner, ArcGIS extension)29194328281825161381610154100
Introduction to Coastal GIS (fundamentals of ArcGIS software, within a coastal management context)312040262919241615101510154100
N-SPECT (provides knowledge and skills to use Non-Point Source Pollution & Erosion Comparison Tool)25164127362317111492114154100
Remote Sensing for Spatial Analysts (remote sensing technologies and image analysis techniques)23153321392527181282013154100
Roadmap for Adapting to Coastal Risk (community assmt, plan for risk/vulnerability, adaptn strategies)31204026362318121061912154100

a. Not Applicable


Table 6e lists 36 web-based trainings on coastal and marine planning issues for which Atlantic Southeast coastal region respondents were asked to rate their interest. The five trainings with the highest percentage of very high or high interest ratings from respondents are:

  1. CanVis (56%);
  2. GIS Tools for Strategic Conservation Planning (50%);
  3. GIS for Managers (47%);
  4. Introduction to Coastal GIS (46%); and
  5. Roadmap for Adapting to Coastal Risk (46%).

The five trainings with the highest percentage of low or very low interest or "Not Applicable" ratings from respondents are:

  1. Remote Sensing for Spatial Analysts (39%);
  2. Assessing GIS for Your Organization (38%);
  3. Coastal Inundation Mapping (37%);
  4. Conservation Data Documentation (36%); and
  5. Introduction to Coastal GIS (36%).