Integrating Multiple-Ownership Forest Data Using a GIS

Authors: Queen, Lloyd; Arthaud, Greg

Source: Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, Volume 11, Number 3, 1 September 1994 , pp. 73-79(7)

Publisher: Society of American Foresters

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Abstract:

The condition and use of adjacent lands is becoming increasingly important as more and more organizations manage with multiple-use objectives in mind. Yet differences in ownership, thus in data collection and compilation, on adjacent lands results in considerable difficulty in attempting to compile consistent data for an area extending onto multiple ownerships. This paper illustrates how forest stand data was spatially integrated for an area containing federal, state, county, and private lands. Problems overcome with this approach included differences in minimum stand sizes, stand labeling schemes, georeferencing, forest stand definitions, and completeness of data. Strategies were developed and applied in order to generate a seamless forest stand thematic layer in a geographic information system (GIS). North. J. Appl. For. 11(3):73-79.

Document Type: Journal article

Affiliations: 1: School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602

Publication date: 1994-09-01

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