Resources‐Resilience‐Renewal‐Restoration 94th Annual Winter Meeting, New England Society of American Foresters March 25‐27, 2014 3/26/2014, Mapping Panel 1 Mapping for Foresters Some Options and Considerations Goals • Many different systems foresters have • Everyone has different comfort levels with technology • Many software and hardware options • Understand your current mapping needs • Understand your current system • Think about how technology can improve your mapping system
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Resources‐Resilience‐Renewal‐Restoration 94th Annual Winter Meeting, New England Society of American Foresters March 25‐27, 2014
3/26/2014, Mapping Panel
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Mapping for Foresters
Some Options and Considerations
Goals
• Many different systems foresters have
• Everyone has different comfort levels with technology
• Many software and hardware options
• Understand your current mapping needs
• Understand your current system
• Think about how technology can improve your mapping system
Resources‐Resilience‐Renewal‐Restoration 94th Annual Winter Meeting, New England Society of American Foresters March 25‐27, 2014
3/26/2014, Mapping Panel
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Some questions to Ask• What are your mapping needs?
• What are the best tools?
• Do you want one integrated or automated system or separate components to mix and match?
• How will your system change in the future with technology?
• Data Storage and maintenance – Will not talk about but important “GIS is a database that happens to make maps” (Shane Bradt)
Forester Mapping Needs
Inventory / navigation mapping (fieldwork)
Mgmt plan mapping (the product)
Boundary lines Locus Map
Inventory Points Stand Map
Access (roads, trails) Topo Map
Features (notablepoints)
Soils Map
Other… Other…
*Operations map
Resources‐Resilience‐Renewal‐Restoration 94th Annual Winter Meeting, New England Society of American Foresters March 25‐27, 2014
3/26/2014, Mapping Panel
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What are the best tools?
Inventory /navigation mapping
Mgmt plan mapping
Handheld GPS Desktop program (GIS)
Phone tablet Apps Tablet w/app
Data logger / tablet PC Tablet PC w/program
There is a GPS chip in all of these – it is a GPS
Google EarthWeb Soil Survey (WSS)etc. edited in word