Digital surveying and mapping of forest road network for development of a GIS tool for the effective protection and management of natural ecosystems

Vasileios C. Drosos; Sarantis-Aggelos G. Liampas; Aristotelis-Kosmas G. Doukas

doi:10.1117/12.2069660

12 August 2014 Digital surveying and mapping of forest road network for development of a GIS tool for the effective protection and management of natural ecosystems

Vasileios C. Drosos, Sarantis-Aggelos G. Liampas, Aristotelis-Kosmas G. Doukas

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Proceedings Volume 9229, Second International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2014); 92290A (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2069660
Event: Second International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2014), 2014, Paphos, Cyprus

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In our time, the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have become important tools, not only in the geosciences and environmental sciences, as well as virtually for all researches that require monitoring, planning or land management. The purpose of this paper was to develop a planning tool and decision making tool using AutoCAD Map software, ArcGIS and Google Earth with emphasis on the investigation of the suitability of forest roads’ mapping and the range of its implementation in Greece in prefecture level. Integrating spatial information into a database makes data available throughout the organization; improving quality, productivity, and data management. Also working in such an environment, you can: Access and edit information, integrate and analyze data and communicate effectively. To select desirable information such as forest road network in a very early stage in the planning of silviculture operations, for example before the planning of the harvest is carried out. The software programs that were used were AutoCAD Map for the export in shape files for the GPS data, and ArcGIS in shape files (ArcGlobe), while Google Earth with KML files (Keyhole Markup Language) in order to better visualize and evaluate existing conditions, design in a real-world context and exchange information with government agencies, utilities, and contractors in both CAD and GIS data formats. The automation of the updating procedure and transfer of any files between agencies-departments is one of the main tasks of the integrated GIS-tool among the others should be addressed.

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Vasileios C. Drosos, Sarantis-Aggelos G. Liampas, and Aristotelis-Kosmas G. Doukas "Digital surveying and mapping of forest road network for development of a GIS tool for the effective protection and management of natural ecosystems", Proc. SPIE 9229, Second International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2014), 92290A (12 August 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2069660

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