1. Oregon / Washington State Office Bureau of Land Management
BLM LiDAR STRATRGY
Operationalizing LiDAR In Forest Inventory
Bureau of Land Management
George McFadden
Oregon / Washington State Office
Bureau of Land Management

2. BLM LiDAR STRATRGY
Operationalizing LiDAR In Forest Inventory
Bureau of Land Management
No one in their right mind would acquire 13 sets of LiDAR in a single watershed
No one in their right mind would establish 900 ground correlation plots for a single LiDAR acquisition
That makes it a perfect job for BLM

3. BLM LiDAR STRATRGY Phases of BLM LiDAR Strategy What is LiDAR?
Operationalizing LiDAR In Forest Inventory
Bureau of Land Management
Phases of BLM LiDAR Strategy
What is LiDAR?
How can LiDAR be used?
How do I get LiDAR?
What can I do with LiDAR?
Where is LiDAR stored?
How do I derive useful products from LiDAR?
How can I use LiDAR with other tools?

4. PCA used to identify “Bins” from LiDAR Data
BLM LiDAR STRATRGY
Operationalizing LiDAR In Forest Inventory
Bureau of Land Management
PCA used to identify “Bins” from LiDAR Data
Coos Bay Bins

5. BLM LiDAR STRATRGY Bureau of Land Management
Operationalizing LiDAR In Forest Inventory
BLM LiDAR STRATRGY

6. BLM LiDAR STRATRGY How do we update data from “old” Bins?
Operationalizing LiDAR In Forest Inventory
Bureau of Land Management
How do we update data from “old” Bins?
Use the Bins as a 3P estimate and update with current plots?
Model ground correlation plots forward to update estimates in the Bins?
Combine Base LiDAR with current PhoDAR?

7. BLM LiDAR STRATRGY PhoDAR Image
Operationalizing LiDAR In Forest Inventory
Bureau of Land Management
PhoDAR Image

8. BLM LiDAR STRATRGY Questions? Just realize we may have no answers
Operationalizing LiDAR In Forest Inventory
Bureau of Land Management
Questions?
Just realize we may have no answers