Design and implementation of an integrated forest resources information system

Abstract

Forest resources management is faced with relatively scattered forest resource management data, and relatively independent information systems of different linkages which has been detrimental to overall management of and decision making in forest resources. To integrate scattered data and independent systems, more than 10 running application systems and research on the Forest Resources Information Integration Mechanism were considered to design and implement an Integrated Forest Resources Information System. The system was developed by Windows Presentation Foundation （WPF） architecture based on Model-View-Controller （MVC） pattern, Visual studio 2010, ArcGIS Server, and Mssql with a comprehensive analysis of user demands, data, and security in China, having been put into use at Longquan Forestry Bureau in Zhejiang Province. The resulting system combined 77 items on 15 management aspects including forest rights, felling, afforestation, ecological forests, and forest resource inventory that produced a broad expression of information. This new system could comprehensively and systematically express forest resource conditions, portray forestry production and management operations, and provide a unified platform for information sharing and collaborative supervision in forest resource management. ［Ch, 8 fig. 12 ref.］