APA Digital Coast Needs Assessment Survey

Needs: Training

West Coast Region

TABLE 6k.

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

TRAININGVery HighHighNeutralLowVery LowNAaTOTAL
#%#%#%#%#%#%#%
Assessing GIS for your Organization (assists organizations in understanding components needed for GIS)251143194822311444203214223100
CanVis (intro to CanVis software, a visualization tool in planning, policy-making, and communication)261257264420341535162712223100
Coastal Inundation Mapping (info on coastal inundation issues & teaches spatial techniques to map inundation)291350224822311429133616223100
Conservation Data Documentation (guide to document conservation geospatial information in GIS)1885625673035162192612223100
GIS Tools for Strategic Conservation Planning (green infrastructure, natural resource conservation, resilience)4219652951232192192310223100
GIS for Managers (provides an overview of the basic principles and functionality of ArcGIS)381757265324231029132310223100
Introducing Green Infrastructure for Coastal Resilience (teaches green infrastructure concepts for resilience)371752235625291322102712223100
Habitat Priority Planner (provides knowledge and skills for  Habitat Priority Planner, ArcGIS extension)42196127482229131882511223100
Introduction to Coastal GIS (fundamentals of ArcGIS software, within a coastal management context)281357265424311426122712223100
N-SPECT (provides knowledge and skills to use Non-Point Source Pollution & Erosion Comparison Tool)291352235022331527123214223100
Remote Sensing for Spatial Analysts (remote sensing technologies and image analysis techniques)18855255826251139172813223100
Roadmap for Adapting to Coastal Risk (community assmt, plan for risk/vulnerability, adaptn strategies)341553244219301330133415223100

a. Not Applicable


Table 6k lists 36 web-based trainings on coastal and marine planning issues for which West Coast 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. GIS Tools for Strategic Conservation Planning (48%);
  2. Habitat Priority Planner (46%);
  3. GIS for Managers (43%);
  4. Introducing Green Infrastructure for Coastal Resilience (40%); and
  5. Roadmap for Adapting to Coastal Risk (39%).

The five trainings with the highest percentage of low or very low interest ratings from respondents are:

  1. Assessing GIS for Your Organization (34%);
  2. CanVis (31%);
  3. Remote Sensing for Spatial Analysts (28%);
  4. Coastal Inundation Mapping (27%); and
  5. N-SPECT (27%). 

The trainings with the highest percentage of respondents rating the training as "Not Applicable" are:

  1. Coastal Inundation Mapping (16%);
  2. Roadmap for Adapting to Coastal Risk (15%);
  3. Assessing GIS for Your Organization (14%);
  4. N-SPECT (14%); and
  5. Remote Sensing for Spatial Analysts (13%).