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Track: Defense and Intelligence
Kate Ozalas
Eagan McAllister Associates
2050 Madeline Road Suite J
Charleston, SC 29451
Telephone: 803-553-4353
Fax: 803-553-5318
E-mail: kozalas@cmaatd.com
Robert O'Connell, Roger Tulk
Facilitating the Exchange of GIS Data and Analyses Within the Forest Management Program of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southern Division
The Southern Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command is currently implementing a GIS to assist in the management of forest and related natural resources for 21 naval bases or facilities in the southern region. This GIS, named the Forest Management Information System (FMIS), consists of ArcView and personal Oracle components installed on a Windows NT workstation at the Natural Resources Division or the Southern Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command. FMIS allows foresters at Southern Division to view forest resources on a base in the context of all related features that may impact forest practices, thus enabling them to rapidly make more knowledgeable management decisions and provide better management data to base foresters. Currently the Southern Division provides this information and analyses via paper reports to the base foresters. In turn, base foresters supply compartment, stand, and forest practice data to the Southern Division for input into FMIS, also via paper reports and forms. Work
flow for data input into FMIS involves ArcInfo and ArcView. Solutions to facilitate the exchange of data between the Southern Division and base foresters and to provide base foresters GIS capabilities for day-to-day management of forest resources are being investigated. These solutions are focused on stand-alone MapObjects applications for base foresters and/or secure Internet applications with MapObjects Internet Information Server. This paper will discuss pilot projects implementing these solutions and technical or organizational issues related to their implementation.
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