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Forest Managment GIS Design - Medco

GRS was hired by Medite Corporation (MEDCO)to perform the design and development of a forest management GIS. owns and manages over 160,000 acres of forest land on Southwestern Oregon.  Graphic and attribute data for over 160,000 acres in Southwestern Oregon were digitized. 

Themes included ownership, section control, stand types, streams, inventory plot locations, and Control.  Feature definitions and relational table structures were defined to fulfill MEDCO information and application needs.  Data cleanup required the use of GRS' line cleaning and manipulation processes to attain specified spatial tolerances. Spatial analysis capabilities were used to relate over 21,000 field inventory plot locations with vegetation type units.  Relational database reporting capabilities were used to select, sort, and summarize inventory plots by vegetation type. GRS also provided training courses to MEDCO personnel that included Data Input Strategies and Methods as well as continued support and advice.

 


GSA# GS-10F-0451NESRI Consultant