Coral reef mapping for Technicians: Pre-Survey

Introduction

The Commonwealth Blue Charter team has engaged specialists to develop online training modules and supporting materials to assist the 10 Blue Charter Action Groups.

This survey relates to the online course titled 'Coral reef mapping for Technicians', designed for Commonwealth policy makers and government officials. This course will focus on remote sensing and GIS technologies, to help you map and monitor your local and regional coral reef ecosystems. This online course is tailored to technicians with prior GIS knowledge. If you have not used GIS already, please register for our managers training instead.

To help us tailor the training to your needs, we'd like to learn a little more, so please take a few minutes to register your interest and provide feedback on the following questions...

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* 1. What is your full name?

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* 2. What is your job title?

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* 3. What is the name of your organisation or institution?

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* 4. What is your email address?

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* 5. Which one of the following best describes your current job responsibilities?

Policy/law development

Project development/management

Science/research

Site or property manager

Other (please specify)

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* 6. How many years have you been engaged in the above role?

0 - 2 years

2 - 5 years

5 - 10 years

More than 10 years

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* 7. How old are you?

Under 30 years

30 years or over

I'd rather not answer this question

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* 8. How would you describe your gender?

Female (including transgender women)

Male (including transgender men)

Prefer not to say

Prefer to self describe as (please specify)

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* 9. Which country are you from?

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* 10. As part of our training, we intend to use the online meeting software Zoom. Do you have access to this for training purposes?

Yes

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* 11. Which of the following sessions would you prefer to attend?

3 June (0500 - 0800 BST)

3 June (1300 - 1600 BST)

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* 12. What is your level of GIS experience?

Basic

Intermediate

Advanced

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* 13. Which Desktop GIS have you worked with?

QGIS

ArcGIS

Idrisi

SAGA GIS

Other (please specify)

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* 14. Which of the following best describes your experience? (Check all relevant options)

I have never used satellite data

I have used ready-to-use imagery

I have downloaded satellite data

I have pre-processed satellite data (e.g. spatial and temporal calibration)

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* 15. What are the main challenges have you faced using satellite data and GIS?

Data availability

Data/software accessibility

Processing capability

Other (please specify)

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* 16. Please note that this training will be recorded and shared with all participants. By ticking this box you consent for recording this training.

Yes

Other (please specify)

Coral reef mapping for Technicians: Pre-Survey

Introduction

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* 1. What is your full name?

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* 2. What is your job title?

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* 3. What is the name of your organisation or institution?

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* 4. What is your email address?

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* 5. Which one of the following best describes your current job responsibilities?

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* 6. How many years have you been engaged in the above role?﻿

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* 7. How old are you?

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* 8. How would you describe your gender?

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* 9. Which country are you from?

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* 10. As part of our training, we intend to use the online meeting software Zoom. Do you have access to this for training purposes?

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* 11. Which of the following sessions would you prefer to attend?

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* 12. What is your level of GIS experience?

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* 13. Which Desktop GIS have you worked with?

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* 14. Which of the following best describes your experience? (Check all relevant options)

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* 15. What are the main challenges have you faced using satellite data and GIS?

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* 16. Please note that this training will be recorded and shared with all participants. By ticking this box you consent for recording this training.

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* 17. What do you expect to gain in this course?

* 6. How many years have you been engaged in the above role?