FIA-IM Forest Inventory and Analysis Information Management

Who are we? A group of Information Technology and GIS specialists located in Portland and Anchorage. A group of Information Technology and GIS specialists located in Portland and Anchorage.

What do we do? GIS Support GIS Support Data Base expertise Data Base expertise Oracle and MS Access Oracle and MS Access Programming Services Programming Services Training Training Data Distribution Data Distribution Hardware support Hardware support PDR, Laptop, Printer, GPS PDR, Laptop, Printer, GPS

Data Availability  Integrated Data Base (IDB)  Periodic (Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington)  Juniper  Western and Eastern Washington  Annual (2003 June/04)  GIS requests  Fuzzed plot coordinates

The Pacific Northwest – Forest Inventory and Analysis Integrated Database A database of forest inventory information for California, Oregon, and Washington

IDB distribution  Contact Otha Terry  Version 1.4 release in April

Periodic data distribution  Contact George Breazeale  Visit the FIADB ( Data, Mapping tools, Tabler

Juniper  So close we can taste a Juniper Berry………

Annual data distribution  Direct contact  FIADB in near future

GIS/REMOTE SENSING SUPPORT GROUP Grid management plot locations tracking of plots amongst various inventories Spatial data management Mapping support for analysis and publications GIS support for field operations

Spatial data availablility Biomass map of the United States (including Alaska) June 2004 Coordinates (see table) Forest type map of the United States (including Alaska) June 2004 Forest/non-forest map of the United States (including Alaska) June 2004

So when will fuzzed coordinates be available?? Alaska California Oregon Washington Pacific Islands PP P P P PPPP P P IDB – (periodic, FIA/R5/R6) FIADB – (periodic FIA) FIADB – FIA Annual panels FIADB – FIA Annual 2004 panel FIADB – FIA Annual 2005 panel FIADB – FIA Annual 2006 panel, etc

How can I keep up with all these changes?? fia.fs.fed.us – lots of info about FIA, links to FIADB Dale Weyermann (503) PNW FIA access for confidentiality questions: web access: Elizabeth LaPoint (610) Forest Inventory and Analysis Spatial Data Services:

Let’s talk tools  Mapmaker (FIADB)  FVS  VIM  NIMS

FIADB mirrors field procedures Field Data  Plot  Subplot  Condition  Tree  Seedling  Site tree  Boundary  Oracle Tables Plot Subplot Condition Tree Seedling Site tree Boundary Survey & County

Forest Inventory and Analysis Mapmaker Run Forest Inventory Mapmaker program. The user inputs the following information: 1) geographic area of interest (state/county retrieval or radius retrieval) 2) attribute of interest (timberland area, number of trees, growing-stock volume, etc.) 3) optional filters (for restricting the query to a specific ownership, species, etc.) 4) classification variables to be used for columns and rows and the web application generates the resulting table. If the user selects County or Congressional District as the row variable a shaded county map is generated.

Two-way table (rows and columns) TotalOther Baker209, Benton236, Clackamas322, Clatsop439, Columbia322, Coos642, Crook683,356 Total2,856,083 Forest Inventory Mapmaker Version 1.0 Geographic area of interest is Oregon 1999 cycle 4 (Cycle 4 National Forest System land is not included: Western Oregon ;Eastern Oregon Periodic inventory): Baker, Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Crook. The attribute of interest is Area of forestland(acres). No filters were used. Pages are None. Rows are County code. Columns are National Forests.

PNW FVS File Creator Beta Version Formats IDB data into FVS ready input files

IDB Database Connection

IDB Inventory

Vegetation Inventory and Monitoring Analysis Tool (VIM) A collaborative effort between the Interagency NWFP Effectiveness Monitoring and the Interagency Vegetation Inventory Unit Presented Statistical Advisory Group Meeting Dec. 11, 2003 Jim Alegria/Carol Apple BLM/FS Portland, Oregon

VIM – What is it? Application to allow easy access and analysis of inventory data to address complex questions about resources

Vegetation Data Currently includes: BLM - Current Vegetation Survey (CVS) NFS – Region 6 (CVS) Region 5 Future: FIA – PNW data

NIMS National Information Management System –Used to Load, Check, Compile, Output FIA data

Load Tables NIMS Core Tables Pass Edits? Nat’l Core NIMS “Core” Regional QA YesLoad Computations: National Regional FIADB Output

“Between the dream and reality lies the nightmare” Hunter S. Thompson Or in this case the Data Base!

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Conclusion or Acronyms used FIA IM GIS MS PDR GPS IDB PNW FIADB FVS VIM NIMS NFS ODBC MDB NWFP BLM FS CVS QA