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188 - Create accurate point, line, and polygon feature data using GNSS alone, from field data collection, through data transfer, quality control, conversion, projection, and attribute creation. Moreover, the student should be able to explain the primary factors

Create accurate point, line, and polygon feature data using GNSS alone, from field data collection, through data transfer, quality control, conversion, projection, and attribute creation. Moreover, the student should be able to explain the primary factors that affect accuracy, including satellite constellation configuration and PDOP, multi-system receivers, point averaging, signal interception, and multi-path errors, and how these may be avoided or their impacts minimized to achieve high accuracies.

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[DA-016] GIS&T and Forestry

GIS applications in forestry are as diverse as the subject itself. Many foresters match a common stereotype as loggers and firefighters, but many protect wildlife, manage urban forests, enhance water quality, provide for recreation, and plan for a sustainable future. A broad range of management goals drives a broad range of spatial methods, from adjacency functions to zonal analysis, from basic field measurements to complex multi-scale modeling. As such, it is impossible to describe the breadth of GIS&T in forestry. This review will cover core ways that geospatial knowledge improves forest management and science, and will focus on supporting core competencies.