Plotting landscape perspectives of clearcut units.

Roger H. Twito

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Plotting landscape perspectives of clearcut units.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Roger H. Twito

Year:

1978

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-071. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: 1-26

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Abstract

The aesthetics of clearcut units potentially visible from a distance can be improved by judicious design. Screening clearcuts from view or shaping them to characterize natural openings are current methods used for this purpose. Perspective plots illustrating how proposed clearcut units will look from specific off-site viewing points provide an appropriate means of evaluating how well the units meet desired visual objectives. This procedure has been automated on a desk-top computer system using digitizer, plotting peripherals, and topographic maps. The explanations, listings, and logic are included in this report.

Keywords

landscaping, clearcutting systems, logging operations analysis/design, computers (desk-top)

Citation

Twito, Roger H. 1978. Plotting landscape perspectives of clearcut units. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-071. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: 1-26