Efficiencies of Traditional and Digital Measurement Technologies for Forest Operations
| Autor: | Michael G. Wing, Jim Donald Kiser, Loren D. Kellogg, Derek Solmie |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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| Zdroj: | Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 20:138-143 |
| ISSN: | 1938-3770 0885-6095 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/wjaf/20.2.138 |
| Popis: | Higher-precision technologies may increase measurement accuracy and efficiency for operational layout while decreasing total planning costs. Although a number of trials have been completed on the potential implementation of some of these new technologies, few have quantified the benefits of such devices in an operational setting. Unit boundaries for 16 (∼1 ac) units were measured by three surveying techniques, comprising (1) a string box, manual compass, and clinometer; (2) a laser, digital compass, and digital data collector; and (3) a GPS. Collected data were compared to a fourth benchmark method established with a total station. Techniques were statistically analyzed and error distributions were developed at either a unit or an individual data-point scale. Time and cost studies were conducted to determine the overall efficiencies of each technique. Our results should assist forest resource managers in their decisions when selecting alternate measurement tools for collecting spatial data. West. J. Appl. For. 20(2):138–143. |
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