Title: A new Link for Geographic analyses of Inventory Data

Author: Reed, David; Pregitzer, Kurt; Pugh, Scott A.; Miles, Patrick D.

Year: 2001

Publication: Journal of Forestry. Vol. 99 no. 6.:p. 21-24. (2001)

Abstract: The USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA)data are widely used throughout the United States for analyses of forest status and trends, landscape-level forest composition, and other forest characteristics. A new software product, FIAMODEL, is available for analyzing FIA data within the ArcView? (ESRI, Inc.)geographic information system. The software allows linkages with other natural resource information, such as watershed boundaries or soil maps, in a format widely used by natural resource organizations, which allows organizations to analyze FIA data in a spatial context with little new investment in hardware or training.