TITLE:
Designing an Online Geospatial System for Forest Resource Management
AUTHORS:
Peter G. Oduor, Michael Armstrong, Larry Kotchman, Michael Kangas, Buddhika Maddurapperuma, Kelsey Forward, Pubudu Wijeyaratne, Xiana Santos, Akiko Nakamura, Krystal Leidholm
KEYWORDS:
ArcGIS Server, Wildland Fire, Forest Stewardship, North Dakota
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geographic Information System,
Vol.6 No.3,
June
5,
2014
ABSTRACT: Geographic and Geospatial
information systems (GISs) have especially benefited from increased development
of their inherent capabilities and improved deployment. These systems offer a
wide range of services, for example, user-friendly forms that interact with the
geospatial components for locational information and geographic extents. An
online distributed platform was designed for forest resource management with map
elements residing on a GIS platform. This system is accessible on
non-authenticated browsers optimized for desktops; whereas the online resource
management forms are also accessible on mobile platforms. The system was
primarily designed to aid foresters in implementing resource management plans
or track threats to forest resource. Baseline data from the system can be
easily visualized and mapped. Other data from the systemcan provide input for
stochastic analyses especially with respect to forest resource management.