VDC User Survey 2006 Dear COSMOS VDC User, We would like to hear your opinion on the usefulness to you of some of our current web site features as well as features we may provide in the future. Your opinions will help us set priorities for future site development. Features we may provide in the near future are marked *, and features which would require additional funding sources or more extensive development time are marked ***. Features currently offered do not have an asterisk. Privacy: This survey will not ask for your name, email address or personal address and is distinct from our download users list. Our interest is only in identifying the needs of our users. Data Products Rank the following (1=not useful, 5=very useful) Acceleration No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 Velocity No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 Displacement No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 Fourier Spectra No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 Response Spectra No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 * Power Spectra No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 * RMS Spectra No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 Other: For example, if you download a record, what additional site-specific information beyond what is currently provided by the data originator would you also want to be able to readily obtain for the analyses you want to perform? Map Interface additions Rank the following (1=not useful, 5=very useful) *** Roads, railroads No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 *** Bridges, dams, power stations No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 *** Soil stucture No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 *** Rupture geometry No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 *** Distance to rupture No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 No Opinion *** Geotechnical data No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 *** Water table No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 *** Topography No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 *** Images from satellite and/or aircraft No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 Other (please enter) Data Format Consolidation Options. We are considering making all data available in one or more standard formats, in addition to their original formats. As is the case now, data would reside on the owner's server, but might, for example, be translated into your preferred format on the fly. Rank the following (1=not useful, 5=very useful) * All data in fixed-field format Sample No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 * All data in tag-value format Sample No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 * All data in xml Sample No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 VDC On-line functionality Rank the following (1=not useful, 5=very useful) View plots of acceleration No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 * View plots of velocity No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 * View plots of displacement No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 View response spectra No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 * Scatter plot of distribution of data (magnitude v. hypocentral distance) No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 *** Tool to visualize fault mechanisms No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 * Store your design spectra input parameters for your future use No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 Other: Processing Tools (online or downloadable) Rank the following (1=not useful, 5=very useful) * Tool to display data (user configurable) No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 * Tool to edit data files No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 *** Tool to filter data No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 *** A full suite of processing software No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 *** Processing tool that allows you to import the standard settings used by CSMIP, PEER, USGS, etc No Opinion 1 2 3 4 5 Other Processing Functionality Format Conversion Tools (online or downloadable) Please check all that apply * Tool to convert data to Cosmos standard formats from: I don't need this SAC SEED SMC (USGS) CSMIP (Calif) CalTech Guerrero array (Mexico) ISESD (Europe) KNet/KikNet (Japan) GNS (NewZealand) IITR (India) Other * Tool to convert data from Cosmos standard formats to: I don't need this Excel MatLab SAC SEED SMC (USGS) CSMIP (Calif) CalTech Guerrero array (Mexico) ISESD (Europe) KNet/KikNet (Japan) GNS (NewZealand) IITR (India) Other * Languages in which you'd like us to provide importable routines/classes for reading from Cosmos standard formats: I don't need this Fortran perl Java C C++ Other Other Service or Tool (please enter) Other Comments: Personal: Please check all that apply to you Engineer   Seismologist   Emergency Response Personnel   IT Specialist   Academic   Government Employee   Private Practice   Student   U.S.   International   Operating System: Linux   Windows   Mac   Solaris   Other   Years you have been working in this profession 0 - 1 1 - 5 5 - 10 10 - 15 15 - 20 > 20 Total number of files you have downloaded from the VDC (approx.) None 1-10 11-100 101-200 201-500 > 500 Home + Login + Download + About Us + Contact + Mirror Sites Earthquakes + stations + Search + Map + Advanced Search © Copyright 1999-2007 COSMOS, The Regents of the University of California