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Modern Resource management is
rooted in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to display
conditions on the ground in relation to other features in the surrounding
area. Using up-to-date data in resource management allows for
management decisions to be dictated by on the ground conditions.
Vision Forestry is capable of using
available data and field collected GPS data to generate colorful maps that
display multiple data layers of your property. These features can be overlaid onto modern aerial
photos, topographic maps, or ADC maps. Streams, roads, buildings,
forest stands, wetlands, are just a few of the data layers that can be
displayed in a visual format. Shapes created in GIS are also linked to
databases that provide detailed description s of the selected feature.
Vision Forestry has experience
using both ArcView 3.2 and the ArcGIS Version 8. In
addition, we utilize CMT's March II GPS unit and PC GPS software.
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GIS map, produced by Vision
Forestry, of a clients' digitized forest stand boundaries, roads, and
streams overlaid onto a 1999 digital aerial photo. |
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GIS map of a clients' digitized
forest stand boundaries, roads, and streams overlaid onto 1989 digital
ortho-photo. |
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The forest stands show growth
during the decade between the aerial photos. Stand boundaries are
illustrated by yellow lines. Roads are in orange and streams are in
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Vision Forestry client property lines
overlaid onto a digital county soils layer. |
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Vision Forestry client property lines
overlaid onto National Wetland Inventory layer. |
Benefits of G.I.S.
 | Readily displays resource features in relation to
surrounding area. |
| Easily determines resource acreages, sizes and
lengths for management. |
| Aide on-the-ground forest management.
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List of Equipment and Software
used by Vision Forestry Staff:
| ArcView 3.2 GIS software |
| ArcMap Verision 8 GIS software |
| PC GPS 3.7 with Foresters Toolkit GPS software |
| March II GPS unit |
| TwoDog (field and office) software |
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