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Design and Analysis Toolkit for Inventory and Monitoring (DATIM)The Design and Analysis Toolkit for Inventory and Monitoring (DATIM) project is a collaborative effort between the National Forest System (NFS) and Forest Service (FS) Research and Development (R&D), Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA), and Ecosystem Management Coordination (EMC) staff. The DATIM core team comprises both R&D and NFS staff from resource inventory and forest planning programs. The DATIM project has four modules:
User Guide
TrainingDATIM Data Source InformationFAQs
If you have other questions, please email us at sm.fs.datim@usda.gov. User RolesHere we describe the different user roles in DATIM. The user role determines your permissions, including which tools and functionality are available to you. To request a specific user role, please contact the DATIM team at sm.fs.datim@usda.gov. Guest User (no login)You do not need to login to use DATIM. When not logged in, you are granted basic privileges. You can create reports in ATIM and save the results to your local directory. You can create spatial intersections in SIT using fuzzed and swapped plot coordinates, and you can use those spatial attributes in ATIM reports during the current DATIM session. You can also use DTIM to design inventory and monitoring plans. You won’t be able to save your DTIM project to the system, but you can generate a project link to enable you to load your project back into the system at a later date. Guest users don’t have access to DCS. Registered UserThis is the default user role granted to logged in users. When logged in, you can create reports in ATIM and save them to the DATIM data mart. You can access those reports in future sessions to run again or to edit, copy or delete them. You can create spatial intersections in SIT using fuzzed and swapped plot coordinates, use those spatial attributes in custom ATIM reports, and save them in DATIM. You can also design inventory and monitoring plans in DTIM and save your projects to the system. Registered users don’t have access to DCS. Forest AdministratorThis role is granted to local NFS administrators) and FIA analysts. This user has the same permissions the Registered User has, along with more advanced permissions. In ATIM, this user can create new analysis datasets and standard analysis report templates for use by other users. In SIT, the user can create spatial intersections using actual coordinates for plots on lands that fall within the user’s affiliated area (National Forest owned plots only). SIT intersections with actual locations are subject to the 250-acre rule. This user also has access to DCS where they can add FVS attributes to custom analyses. To request this role, please email us at sm.fs.datim@usda.gov. Your Regional Administrator must approve this role assignment. Regional AdministratorThis role is granted to NFS and FIA Regional Administrators. In addition to the permissions granted to the Forest Administrator, this user is able to create new DATIM datasets. In ATIM, the user can delete or archive any analysis for their Region regardless of ownership. In SIT, this user can create spatial intersections using actual coordinates for NFS owned plots within the user’s affiliated area. SIT intersections with actual locations are subject to the 250-acre rule. The DATIM Compilation System (DCS) is available to this user. This user also has access to DCS where they can add FVS attributes to custom analyses. To request this role, please email us at sm.fs.datim@usda.gov. SIT SpecialistsThis role is granted to NFS staff requiring advanced SIT privileges for creating plot intersections and/or estimation units but who are not actual administrators. This user is granted the same SIT privileges given to the Regional Administrator to create spatial intersections using actual coordinates for plots on NFS owned lands that pass the 250-acre rule check, and using actual coordinates for plots on all lands that fall within the user’s affiliated Region without restriction by the 250-acre rule. The same privileges granted to the Registered User for ATIM and DTIM are available to this user. This user also has access to DCS where they can add FVS attributes to custom analyses. To request this role, please email us at sm.fs.datim@usda.gov. Spatial Data Services (SDS)This role is intended for Spatial Data Services staff requiring advanced SIT privileges for creating spatial intersections. This user can use actual or fuzzed/swapped plot locations with or without security checks. The same privileges granted to the Registered User for ATIM and DTIM are available to this user. This user does not have access to DCS. If you are part of FIA’s SDS staff and would like to request this role, please email us at sm.fs.datim@usda.gov. The Regional Administrator must approve this role assignment. FIA StaffThis role is intended for high level FIA employees who are authorized to access actual coordinates for plots on all lands without restriction by the 250-acre rule. The same privileges granted to the Registered User for ATIM and DTIM are available to this user, but the user can also create new analyses in ATIM. To request this role, please email us at sm.fs.datim@usda.gov. AdministratorThis role is restricted to national level personnel. This user has the highest level of privileges granted to the other users, along with additional privileges to manage user roles and accounts, user alerts, and the training page. In ATIM, this user can delete or archive any analysis regardless of ownership. In SIT, the user can create spatial intersections using publicly available locations, with the added ability to disable/enable use of actual locations for other users. ContactsFor help, email sm.fs.datim@usda.gov. More InformationProject Management Team
Core Team
Development TeamActive Members
Student Interns
Additional SupportAdditional support provided by FIA cooperators at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV Principal Investigator: Brenda Buck) and Southern Utah University (SUU Principal Investigator: James Pollard). NFS-FIA Liaisons
BackgroundDATIM was first piloted in April of 2013 as an effort to assist National Forests with their planning, inventory and monitoring needs. National Forests need statistically sound and defensible estimates of status and trends that are consistent over time and space. FIA data have these characteristics and are freely available for use at broad scales. In addition, FIA uses a spatially balanced design which can be used for any subset of the area and thus data can be associated with other spatial datasets (resources). DATIM has since expanded to include serving the public. DATIM is based on the following needs:
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