Data Recorders Speed Forest Surveys

George C. Keith; Roy C. Beltz

doi:10.2737/SO-RN-257

Treesearch

Data Recorders Speed Forest Surveys

Informally Refereed

Authors:

George C. Keith, Roy C. Beltz

Year:

1980

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-RN-257

Source:

Res. Note SO-257. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.

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Abstract

Adapting computer and communications concepts to conduct and analyze forest surveys has been undertaken by the Renewable Resources Evaluation Research project of Southern Forest Experiment Station. How data is relayed from the faraway forest site to the unit's base without handwriting one note is described in this study.

Keywords

forest inventory, data capture, telecommunications, data editing and processing, ADP, computer processing

Citation

Keith, George C.; Beltz, Roy C. 1980. Data Recorders Speed Forest Surveys. Res. Note SO-257. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.