LEHD OnTheMap Customer Satisfaction Survey

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The U.S. Census Bureau's
OnTheMap Version 3 Survey

Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD)/Local Employment
Dynamics (LED) is currently developing the next version of OnTheMap, and we
would appreciate user feedback. The answers to these questions will help us to
develop an easier-to-use and more productive interface and set of data tools.
Please remember that the items in this survey are speculative and may not
appear in the next version of OnTheMap. Other features, such as additional
years of data, are already scheduled for the next version and have not been
included as part of this survey.
Read more information about OnTheMap Version 3
Please take about seven (7) minutes to tell use about your uses of the
OnTheMap product. Your answers will only be used to help us make informed
decisions about improvements to this product. Your responses are voluntary.
We will report findings in summary form only. Findings will be posted when
available on the Census Bureau's Web site at:
http://www.census.gov/mso/www/npr/mktbrfs.html.
The Office of Management and Budget approval number for this survey is 06070760. Without this number we could not conduct this survey or ask for your
participation. Approval expires November 30, 2010.

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1. From the following list, please mark the sector that BEST DESCRIBES your work.
Federal government
State government
Regional/local government
Academic
Private Business
Nonprofit
Other, please specify:

2. What is your intended PRIMARY USE of the OnTheMap application?
Labor Market Analysis
Economic Development
Emergency Preparedness/Response/Recovery
Transportation Analysis
Market Research
Business Planning/Strategy
Other, please specify:

3. Before TODAY, how many times have you used OnTheMap in the past SIX MONTHS?
0 times
1-5 times
6-20 times
More than 20 times

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4. What is your level of knowledge in the following areas:
Not
Slightly
Moderately
Very
Experienced or Experienced or Experienced or Experienced or
Knowledgeable Knowledgeable Knowledgeable Knowledgeable

Navigating the Internet to find
statistical information
Using statistical information to make
decisions
5. In which geographic levels of information are you PRIMARILY interested? (Choose
only three).
States
Cities/Towns
Counties
WIRED Regions
Congressional Districts
Census Tracts
ZCTAs (ZIP Code equivalents)
Workforce Investment Areas
Military Bases
Tribal Lands
CBSAs (Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas)
Other, please specify:

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6. How frequently do you use each part of OnTheMap?
Very Often

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

Base map (basic geography
without employment data)
Geographic layer tool (turning
layers on/off)
Navigation tools (zoom, re-center,
etc.)
Points/Thermal for map overlays
(employment sheds)
Travel Sheds
Paired Area Analysis
Concentric Ring Analysis
Reports
Shed Reports
Area Profile Reports
Quarterly Workforce Indicators
(QWI) Reports
Paired Area Reports
Concentric Ring Reports
Other Functions
Place Name Lookup
Map printing functionality
Report exporting (PDF, Excel, etc.)
functionality
Text-Only Tool
Help/Documentation
Data download through the
VirtualRDC

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7. OnTheMap currently provides 21 geographic layers (e.g., counties, Congressional
Districts, Workforce Investment Areas). How important might the following layers be
to your work if they were included in the OnTheMap application?

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Very
Important Important

Neutral

Not
Important

Traffic Analysis Zone (TAZ)
State Legislative Districts
Voting Districts
Airports
Ports
Railroads
Colleges/Universities
Public Transit
Dams
Satellite Imagery
School Districts
Is there another geographic layer you would like to see? (List one). (Maximum character
length is 200).

8. OnTheMap currently plots the distribution of TOTAL employment by
workplace or residence. One new feature for OnTheMap might be the ability to
plot the distribution of employment by certain categories. (Example: Plotting
the distribution of employment by workplace for workers aged 55 and older.)
Please rank the following employment distribution categories in the order of
their importance to you. (1 - Very Important and 4 - Not Important. Please use
each number only once).
Industry
Age
Earnings
Gender

9. OnTheMap currently shows age, earnings, and industry sector groupings in
its reports. Please rank the following variables in order of their importance as
additions to OnTheMap's reports? (1 - Very Important and 7 - Not Important.
Please use each number only once).
Race/Ethnicity
Gender
Education
Occupation
Mode of transit
Time to work
Travel time for work
Is there another variable/measure you would like to see in the reports? (List one).
(Maximum character length is 200).

10. OnTheMap currently provides reports in the following formats: HTML (web
tables), Excel, Comma Separated Variables (CSV), Tab Delimited, and
Formatted Text. How important are each of these report types to your work?
Very
Important Important

HTML
Excel
PDF (Portable Document Format)
CSV
Tab delimited
Formatted text

Neutral

Not
Important

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Is there another report format that would be important to you? (List one). (Maximum
character length is 200).

11. How important to your work would it be to:
Very
Important Important

Neutral

Not
Important

Save your OnTheMap session for opening and further
analysis at a later time?
Import your own specialized selection
areas/boundaries?
12. What, if anything, should be done to improve the OnTheMap application? (Maximum
character length is 10,000).

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