Timber/Stand Management

Timber Management

GIS-based spatial modeling allow managers to maintain stand information to meet shifting market demands. It also provides the appropriate records for contract administration and fiscal accounting generated by harvest activities.

Using ArcGIS 3D Analyst, you can view extremely large sets of data in three dimensions from multiple viewpoints, query a surface, and create a realistic perspective image that drapes raster and vector data over a surface. Logging engineers can develop solutions that best fit harvest designs to topography and stand objectives.

Application areas include

• Logging Engineering
• Harvest Scheduling
• Contract Administration

Stand Management

GIS provides a means to track all the elements of forest prescriptions and schedules for a multitude of stand activities. In the field, Mobile GIS gives you the tools for accurate inventory control and management.

Application areas include

• Reforestation
• Stand tending
• Thinning
• Silvicultural Prescriptions