RESULTS OF THE GRASS USER QUESTIONNAIRE MARCH/APRIL 2002
more info: Moritz Lennert - mlennert@club.worldonline.be
Total number of responses by May, 6, 2002: 62
| Question | Comments | Results |
|---|---|---|
| What do you use Grass for (i.e. what type of work (land use management,satellite images, …) | I encoded the area of work, if possible, but sometimes only type of work was given. | to many diverse answers for synthesis |
| In what kind of production environment do you use Grass (university,private company, …) ? | If home was given, but for work on academic project, I encoded university; home is only for strict home use. | university : 37 private company : 10 government : 7 |
| How many people use Grass in your environment ? | If range was given I encoded maximum of range. If some used it “directly”, i.e. direct contact with grass environment, and some indirectly, i.e. access through customized gui or web mapping tool, I encoded total number of users, direct+indirect. | 1 : 27 2 : 12 3-5 : 13 10-70 : 5 > 200 : 1 |
| Which version of Grass do you use (i.e. 4.3, 5.0pre2, …) ? | When 5.0x plus cvs was given, I encoded cvs. | 4.x : 10 5.x : 46 cvs : 8 |
| If you are not using 5.x, why not (not stable enough, old version too customized for personal purposes, etc) ? | not enough answers | |
| Do you use Grass “as is” or have you adapted it for your usage (i.e. modified/added modules and/or scripts) ? | If scripts were only shell scripts to automatize some tasks (i.e only binding together existing modules) I encoded as “as is”; if in doubt, I encoded adapted. | as is : 30 adapted : 29 |
| Have you ever contributed to Grass code (C-code, scripts, others) or documentation ? | I encoded actual contributions to central grass development (not local development without contribution to developers list or cvs) or documentation; I did not encoded intended contributions for the near future. | yes : 14 no : 45 |
| 8) What are your wishes for the future of Grass (which new modules, gui, database management, etc) ? | Functionalities mentioned mean that either that function is desired if it doesn’t exist, yet, or an improvement to that function is desired. | vector : 17 database : 17 gui : 10 (+ others that could probably be interpreted as meaning a gui) documentation : 8 import/export : 6 easier map viewing : 6 integration with statistical packages : 5 easier (hardcopy) map creation : 5 others mentioned: fonts vector overlay functions don’t give up the command line datum support etc… |