Pacific Southwest Research Station

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Title: Wildland resource information system: user's guide

Author: Russell, Robert M.; Sharpnack, David A.; Amidon, Elliot L.

Date: 1975

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-10, Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 36 p

Station ID: GTR-PSW-010

Description: This user's guide provides detailed information about how to use the computer programs of WRIS, a computer system for storing and manipulating data about land areas. Instructions explain how to prepare maps, digitize by automatic scanners or by hand, produce polygon maps, and combine map layers. Support programs plot maps, store them on tapes, produce summaries, and perform housekeeping tasks.

Key Words: timber management; wildland management; resource use planning; computer programs; map compilation; WRIS; management information systems

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Russell, Robert M.; Sharpnack, David A.; Amidon, Elliot L.  1975.  Wildland resource information system: user's guide  Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-10, Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 36 p.