Needs: Tools
Caribbean Sea Region
TABLE 5f.
Importance of Tools for Respondents' planning practice/analysis/research (Question #14)b: Caribbean
TOOL | Very High | High | Neutral | Low | Very Low | NAa | TOTAL | |||||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
Airborne LIDAR Data Process & Anal. | 4 | 27 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
Benthic Terrain Modeler | 3 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
C-CAP Land Cover Atlas | 4 | 27 | 5 | 33 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
CanVis Visual Simulation | 5 | 33 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
Chart Reprojector | 4 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 100 |
Coastal County Snapshots | 8 | 53 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 100 |
Cumulative Impacts Model | 4 | 27 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
Digital Shoreline Analysis System | 5 | 33 | 5 | 33 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
eCoastal Tools | 3 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
Electronic Navigational Chart Handler | 4 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 100 |
Essential Fish Habitat Mapper | 3 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 100 |
FUSION | 4 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 100 |
Habitat Priority Planner | 4 | 27 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 100 |
Hazard Assessment Template | 8 | 53 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
Hazards US Multi-Hazard HAZUS-MH | 6 | 40 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
Historical Hurricane Tracks IMS | 9 | 60 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
Impervious Surface Analysis Tool | 5 | 33 | 8 | 53 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 100 |
Landscape Fragmentation Tool | 5 | 33 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 100 |
Legislative Atlas | 4 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
Lidar Data Handler | 5 | 33 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 100 |
MarineMap | 5 | 33 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 100 |
Marxan with Zones | 3 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
Multi-Purpose Marine Cadastre | 2 | 13 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 100 |
Nautical Chart Viewer | 3 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 100 |
Nonpt-Source Pollute & Ersn Compare | 4 | 27 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 100 |
Pract Toolkit Marine Consv Agreemnts | 4 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 100 |
Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model | 6 | 40 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
Sea Lev Rise & Coast Flood Freq View | 8 | 53 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
Soil Data Viewer | 4 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
Spatial Trends Coast Socioecon Quick | 3 | 20 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
Storm Data Resource Guide | 5 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
Storm Mapping Tutorial | 3 | 20 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 100 |
Topograph & Bathym Data Inventory | 5 | 33 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
US Marine Protected Area Online Map | 5 | 33 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
Vdatum | 5 | 33 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 100 |
Wave Exposure Model | 5 | 33 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 100 |
a. Not Applicable
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 5f lists 36 tools for which Caribbean 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:
- Impervious Surface Analysis Tool (86%);
- Hazard Assessment Template1 (73%);
- Hazards U.S. Multi-Hazard (HAZUS-MH) (73%);
- Historical Hurricane Tracks IMS (73%); and
- Sea Level Rise & Coastal Flood Frequency Viewer2 (73%).
The two tools with the highest percentage of low or very low importance or "Not Applicable" ratings from respondents are:
- Chart Reprojector3 (53%) and
- Practitioner's Toolkit for Marine Conservation Agreements (47%).4
Endnotes
1. Hazard Assessment Template offers guidance on developing a website that address hazard-related data specific for your region.
2. Sea Level Rise & Coastal Flood Frequency Viewer portrays sea level rise scenarios and potential impacts.
3. Chart Reprojector allows users to "reproject" digital NOAA nautical charts with this stand-alone application.
4. 40% of respondents rated several tools as low or very low importance or "Not Applicable."