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NRIS FSVEG Data Translation

NRIS FSVEG Data Translation. Third Forest Vegetation Simulator Conference Richard Teck. A Decade Ago……. In 1997, the Forest Service set out on a significant undertaking to: Set agency wide standards for natural resource information Data collection Data storage Data management

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NRIS FSVEG Data Translation

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  1. NRIS FSVEG Data Translation Third Forest Vegetation Simulator Conference Richard Teck

  2. A Decade Ago……. • In 1997, the Forest Service set out on a significant undertaking to: • Set agency wide standards for natural resource information • Data collection • Data storage • Data management • What emerged was something called NRIS

  3. The NRIS Story • What is NRIS • Set of databases and tools for • Vegetation • Soils & Geology • Air & Water • Fauna • Threatened, Endangered, Sensitive (TES) • Invasives • Social & Economic

  4. NRIS FSVEG • Field Sampled Vegetation (FSVeg) Module • Oracle database to store data from: • Stand Examinations (CSE) • Grid based strategic inventories • Permanent re-measured inventory plots • Special insect & disease surveys

  5. FSVEG • Common Stand Exam (CSE) • National consistency for stand examinations • Collection protocols • Standard code sets • Common storage format • National CSE user Guide • National Portable Data Recorder (PDR) software

  6. NRIS FSVEG • Stores Information for • Settings (stands/plots) • Trees • Fuels • Understory vegetation • Surface cover • Site productivity • Insect & pathogens • Sample designs

  7. NRIS FSVEG Timeline • First Official Release • March 2000 • Version 1.4.0 • Nine Releases • Latest Release • Version 1.7 • January, 2005 • Future Release • Version 1.8 • FS-NITC • June, 2007 • National Data Center

  8. Process Creates FVS input files • Fsveg_fvs.mdb • Suppose.loc • Fsveg.kcp • Fsveg.slf

  9. Where is NRIS FSVEG Headed?

  10. FS-NITC and I-Web • National Data Center in Kansas City • Entire Agency’s data in one physical location • Virtual Private Database (VPD) • E-Authentication • Change Management • Should be easier/quicker to incorporate changes (fixes, enhancements, etc…)

  11. FSVEG FVS DB LinkChange Management

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