OGC Innovation Program Developer Survey

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1. What is your age group? (Required.)

25 or under

26-34

35-44

45-54

55 or older

I do not wish to disclose

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2. Which region do you currently reside in? (Required.)

Africa

Asia/Pacific

Central or South America

Europe

Middle East

North America

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3. What is the highest degree or level of education that you have completed? (Required.)

Highschool or Equivalent

Associates Degree

Bachelors Degree

Masters Degree

Doctorate

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4. What of the following options best describes you? (Required.)

Experienced application developer

OGC API power user/developer

Recently graduated engineer

Citizen Scientist

Other (please specify)

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5. What is your employment status? (Required.)

Full-time employee

Part-time employee

Self-employed

Student

Retired

Other (please specify)

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6. Which of the below best defines your organization? (Required.)

Public agency

Large enterprise organization

Small business

Startup

Education sector

Research center

Other (please specify)

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7. What is your role in your organization? (Required.)

C-level employee

Middle management

Product or project manager

Analyst or data scientist

Developer or system administrator

Other (please specify)

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8. How long have you been coding? (Required.)

Less than 2 years

2-4 years

5-8 years

More than 8 years

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9. Select a sentence below that best describes your level of coding expertise (Required.)

I implement parts of an application as instructed by another, senior team member.

I primarily focus on architectural and stack decisions and delegate this information to coders.

I am able to cover the entire software lifecycle from design all the way to development.

Other (please specify)

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10. Check the following operating systems that you are very familiar with. (Required.)

Linux

Mac

Windows

Other (please specify)

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11. Which programming languages are you the most familiar with? Check all that apply. (Required.)

Python

Javascript

Java

C/C++

PHP

Polyglot

Other (please specify)

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12. Rank the following types of presenters in order of which you prefer most to least. (Required.)

One that leads a practical session or workshop

One that encourages a good group discussion

One that provides written material for further reading

One that uses slides with diagrams, charts, maps, and graphs

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13. Rank the following ways to learn a technology in order of which you prefer most to least. (Required.)

Read the documentation

Watch a video tutorial online

Fork somebody else's example

Follow a documented how-to/tutorial

Learn by trial and error

Speak to individuals that know about the technology

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14. You want to learn how to play a new card game. You would: (Required.)

Listen to somebody explain the game and ask questions

Find and use diagrams that explain core parts of the game such as stages, types of moves, and strategies

Watch others play the game and then join in

Read the instructions

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15. You have just purchased a new camera and want to learn how to use it. You would: (Required.)

Read the manual

Review the manual diagrams showing the camera and what each part does

Use examples of good and poor photos showing how to improve them

Ask questions to a friend who owns the same camera and talk about its features.

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16. When learning about a new topic from the internet, you prefer: (Required.)

Full written descriptions, lists, and explanations

Audio channels or listening to podcasts or interviews

Interesting design and visual features

Videos showing how to do something.

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17. You just purchased a wooden table, and cannot find the instructions to put it together. What would you search for to help you complete the project? (Required.)

A YouTube tutorial of an individual assembling a similar table

An IKEA-like brochure with diagrams showing each stage of assembly

Advice from somebody who has put a similar table together before

Search for the manual on the Internet and read it through

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18. Do you have any experience with geospatial technology? (Required.)

Yes

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19. How many hours do you spend a week on tasks related to geospatial technologies? (Required.)

1-5

6-20

21 or more

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20. Which of the following open-source geospatial projects are you familiar with? Check all that apply. (Required.)

QGIS

MapServer

GRASS

GeoServer

PostGIS

OSSIM

OWSLib

pygeoapi

Other (please specify)

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21. Are you involved with any FOSS projects? (Required.)

Yes, but only as a user

Yes, as a contributor (code, creating issues, documentation, etc.)

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22. If you answered yes to question 21, is this a part of your employment? (Required.)

Yes

No, I do it outside of work hours

Both yes and no

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23. What is the use of Geospatial technology in your work? What problems do they solve in your organization or for your customers? (Required.)

Visualization

Localization of products and/or services

Spatial insight into organizational or customer data

All of the above

Other (please specify)

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24. What is your level of knowledge involving OGC and the consortium's Standards? Check all that apply. (Required.)

I use a product that implements an OGC standard

I have read an OGC standard document

I have implemented an OGC standard

I have participated in an OGC Initiative (Pilot, Testbed, etc.)

I have participated in n OGC Member Meeting

I have participated in an OGC Domain or Standards Working Group

None of the above

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25. How much experience do you have involving OGC APIs? (Required.)

None

I have deployed applications that use OGC APIs

I have integrated OGC APIs into a project

I have implemented OGC API specs

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26. Which of the following OGC APIs are vital to your work? Check all that apply. (Required.)

Features

Maps

Records

Processes

Coverages

Tiles

Styles

EDR

Other (please specify)

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27. Which technology do you use to develop or deploy OGC APIs? (Required.)

Our own built from scratch

Our own built on top of open source libraries

An open source API

A licensed product

We do not develop or deploy OGC APIs

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28. Which tools do you use regularly, to accomplish your work? Check all that apply. (Required.)

IDE (e.g.: JetBrains, Netbeans, etc)

Plain text editor (e.g.: vi, vim)

Improved text editor (e.g.: visual studio code, atom)

Docker

Hypervisor based virtualization (e.g.: VirtualBox, VMWare)

Terminal

Postman

Swagger

Cloud computing platform (AWS, Azure)

SQL database (eg: Postgres, MYSQL/MariaDB, Oracle)

NoSQL database (eg: MongoDB, Hadoop, Cassandra)

Version control (eg: git)

Other (please specify)

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29. Which tools do you use to get support from the developer community? Check all that apply. (Required.)

Slack/mattermost

Gitter

Discord

Stack Overflow or GIS StackExchange

Mailing lists

Other (please specify)

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30. Do you feel OGC APIs are easy to learn? (Required.)

Yes, OGC APIs are very easy to learn

Mastering the first API is hard, but then it becomes easier to learn

It depends, some are very easy and others are extremely difficult to learn

No, OGC APIs are definitely hard to learn

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31. Have you read an OGC spec document? Was it useful? (Required.)

No, I have not read an OGC spec document

Yes, I have read an OGC spec document, but it was not helpful

Yes, I have read an OGC spec document, and it helped solve some specific issues

Yes, I have read an OGC spec document, and I did not need any other help

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32. What are the main challenges you face when developing, deploying and maintaining Geospatial technology? Check all that apply. (Required.)

There is not enough technical documentation available online

Technical documentation that is available is hard to read or understand

Geospatial concepts are difficult to grasp

There are not enough tutorials available online

There is a lack of best-practice guides that help differentiate the dos and donts

It is hard to keep up to date with technology development

I have not faced any big challenges

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33. What sources of documentation and support do you use to solve issues related to Geospatial technologies? Check all that apply. (Required.)

Authoritative sources such as official documentation of a specific technology or standard specifications

Technical forums (eg: stackoverflow, stackexchange)

YouTube or similar tutorials

Google search

Colleagues

Technical support services (internal or external)

Other (please specify)

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34. Have you ever contributed to a draft spec using Github? (Required.)

Yes, the process was straightforward

Yes, but the process was difficult or confusing

No, I have not had the opportunity

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* 1. What is your age group? (Required.)

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* 2. Which region do you currently reside in? (Required.)

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* 3. What is the highest degree or level of education that you have completed? (Required.)

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* 4. What of the following options best describes you? (Required.)

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* 5. What is your employment status? (Required.)

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* 6. Which of the below best defines your organization? (Required.)

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* 7. What is your role in your organization? (Required.)

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* 8. How long have you been coding? (Required.)

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* 9. Select a sentence below that best describes your level of coding expertise (Required.)

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* 10. Check the following operating systems that you are very familiar with. (Required.)

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* 11. Which programming languages are you the most familiar with? Check all that apply. (Required.)

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* 12. Rank the following types of presenters in order of which you prefer most to least. (Required.)

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* 13. Rank the following ways to learn a technology in order of which you prefer most to least. (Required.)

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* 14. You want to learn how to play a new card game. You would: (Required.)

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* 15. You have just purchased a new camera and want to learn how to use it. You would: (Required.)

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* 16. When learning about a new topic from the internet, you prefer: (Required.)

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* 17. You just purchased a wooden table, and cannot find the instructions to put it together. What would you search for to help you complete the project? (Required.)

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* 18. Do you have any experience with geospatial technology? (Required.)

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* 19. How many hours do you spend a week on tasks related to geospatial technologies? (Required.)

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* 20. Which of the following open-source geospatial projects are you familiar with? Check all that apply. (Required.)

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* 21. Are you involved with any FOSS projects? (Required.)

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* 22. If you answered yes to question 21, is this a part of your employment? (Required.)

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* 23. What is the use of Geospatial technology in your work? What problems do they solve in your organization or for your customers? (Required.)

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* 24. What is your level of knowledge involving OGC and the consortium's Standards? Check all that apply. (Required.)

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* 25. How much experience do you have involving OGC APIs? (Required.)

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* 26. Which of the following OGC APIs are vital to your work? Check all that apply. (Required.)

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* 27. Which technology do you use to develop or deploy OGC APIs? (Required.)

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* 28. Which tools do you use regularly, to accomplish your work? Check all that apply. (Required.)

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* 29. Which tools do you use to get support from the developer community? Check all that apply. (Required.)

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* 30. Do you feel OGC APIs are easy to learn? (Required.)

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* 31. Have you read an OGC spec document? Was it useful? (Required.)

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* 32. What are the main challenges you face when developing, deploying and maintaining Geospatial technology? Check all that apply. (Required.)

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* 33. What sources of documentation and support do you use to solve issues related to Geospatial technologies? Check all that apply. (Required.)

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* 34. Have you ever contributed to a draft spec using Github? (Required.)

1. What is your age group? (Required.)

2. Which region do you currently reside in? (Required.)

3. What is the highest degree or level of education that you have completed? (Required.)

4. What of the following options best describes you? (Required.)

5. What is your employment status? (Required.)

6. Which of the below best defines your organization? (Required.)

7. What is your role in your organization? (Required.)

8. How long have you been coding? (Required.)

9. Select a sentence below that best describes your level of coding expertise (Required.)

10. Check the following operating systems that you are very familiar with. (Required.)

11. Which programming languages are you the most familiar with? Check all that apply. (Required.)

12. Rank the following types of presenters in order of which you prefer most to least. (Required.)

13. Rank the following ways to learn a technology in order of which you prefer most to least. (Required.)

14. You want to learn how to play a new card game. You would: (Required.)

15. You have just purchased a new camera and want to learn how to use it. You would: (Required.)

16. When learning about a new topic from the internet, you prefer: (Required.)

17. You just purchased a wooden table, and cannot find the instructions to put it together. What would you search for to help you complete the project? (Required.)

18. Do you have any experience with geospatial technology? (Required.)

19. How many hours do you spend a week on tasks related to geospatial technologies? (Required.)

20. Which of the following open-source geospatial projects are you familiar with? Check all that apply. (Required.)

21. Are you involved with any FOSS projects? (Required.)

22. If you answered yes to question 21, is this a part of your employment? (Required.)

23. What is the use of Geospatial technology in your work? What problems do they solve in your organization or for your customers? (Required.)

24. What is your level of knowledge involving OGC and the consortium's Standards? Check all that apply. (Required.)

25. How much experience do you have involving OGC APIs? (Required.)

26. Which of the following OGC APIs are vital to your work? Check all that apply. (Required.)

27. Which technology do you use to develop or deploy OGC APIs? (Required.)

28. Which tools do you use regularly, to accomplish your work? Check all that apply. (Required.)

29. Which tools do you use to get support from the developer community? Check all that apply. (Required.)

30. Do you feel OGC APIs are easy to learn? (Required.)

31. Have you read an OGC spec document? Was it useful? (Required.)

32. What are the main challenges you face when developing, deploying and maintaining Geospatial technology? Check all that apply. (Required.)

33. What sources of documentation and support do you use to solve issues related to Geospatial technologies? Check all that apply. (Required.)

34. Have you ever contributed to a draft spec using Github? (Required.)