. Protecting and enhancing America's forests and rangelands : 1986 research accomplishments. Forests and forestry United States; Rangelands United States. Transmitting Forest Inventory Data Forest Service inventory and analysis foresters tally sample trees the way salesclerks inventory groceries. The use of data recorders for forest inventory work in the United States was pioneered by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) unit at the Southern Station in 1978. Subsequently, an evaluation of portable data recorders by the Pacific Northwest Station and the implementation of a Servicewide comput
. Protecting and enhancing America's forests and rangelands : 1986 research accomplishments. Forests and forestry United States; Rangelands United States. Transmitting Forest Inventory Data Forest Service inventory and analysis foresters tally sample trees the way salesclerks inventory groceries. The use of data recorders for forest inventory work in the United States was pioneered by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) unit at the Southern Station in 1978. Subsequently, an evaluation of portable data recorders by the Pacific Northwest Station and the implementation of a Servicewide computer network provided the impetus for other FIA units thoughout the country to field test these recorders. We are finding that young inventory field foresters, who are familiar with video games and personal computers, prefer using data recorders over traditional plot tally sheets. The software programs necessary for data transmission and entry are being developed jointly by several experiment stations. Telecommunications and data capture and subsequent processing are reliable and efficient. Keypunching costs, time requirements, and the associated errors of handling the data at several stages of entry are eliminated. Our experience in manipulating FIA data demonstrates that new technology is not always conceived from "Star Wars" types of research and We found that younger field workers are most comfortable using handheld calculators and other electronic devices for transmitting forest inventory data. 85. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Forest Service. [Washington, D. C. ] : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service
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