FVS Data Translocation Techniques with the BLM FORVIS Database 3 rd FVS Conference Feb. 14, 2007 Tim Bottomley
BLM FORVIS Database FORVIS – Forest Vegetation Information System; initial release in 2001, Version 2 in 2005 Distributed database stored at individual State offices in an Informix RDBM MS Access is the user interface through an ODBC driver
FORVIS Contains 32 data tables Only 2 relate to FVS –stand_data –tree_data
FORVIS Field Data Entry Form
FORVIS Plot Data Form
Portion of Visual Basic Script
2 nd Option for exporting data
FORVIS 2 allows multiple stands in SLF
Seedling Issue
Importing FVS Run into FORVIS
Import of FVS Run
FORVIS with ArcMap Extension
Stand Summary Report
Big Question for BLM? Should BLM look at using the database extension of FVS in lieu of creating the stand list and tree data text files for FVS input?
Questions?