DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF GIS

TOOLS IN REGIONAL PLANNING IN

TUKUMS COUNTY

Part- financed by the EU

• Calculate and visualize biomass numbers;• Collect information and knowledge links;• To distribute information and competence;• To ensure sustainability of project results.

Main tasks for GIS experts

Part- financed by the EU

What is GIS?

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• Hardware;• Software;• Target of use;• Data;• Trained staff.

Part- financed by the EU

Target of use

• To realize project tasks with help of GIS;• To write data obtaining and treatment wizards;• To develop some GIS models for biomass calculation.

Part- financed by the EU

• Repeatable data from state registers;• Data with fixed content and classification;• State level identifiers; • Identifiers identical in textual and graphical data.

Data

Part- financed by the EU

Trained staff

• For trained staff – training documentation.

Part- financed by the EU

GIS tools for forest biomass (1)

• Data:– State forest register with detailed (map 1:10000)

information (species, age, height, volume ...);– Identifiers for forest digital map, municipality;

• Tactical level task:– Select economically profitability forest compartments for

obtaining biomass;

• General level task:– To summarize and visualize biomass information in

municipality level.

GIS tools for forest biomass (2)

Part- financed by the EU

• Tactical level GIS tool realization:– ArcGIS Model Builder.

Part- financed by the EU

GIS tools for forest biomass (3)

• General level realization:– Thematical map templates for Tukums region.

Part- financed by the EU

GIS tools for Suitable Territories for Short Rotation Forestry (1)

• Data:– Road information in scale 1:50000;– Biomass utilization places;– Restricted areas;– Land use information.

• Tactical level task:

– Selecting available territories consideration current legislation for short rotation;

• General level task:– To summarize and visualize biomass information in

municipality level.

Part- financed by the EU

GIS tools for Suitable Territories for Short Rotation Forestry (2)

• Realization:– Field blocks including set-aside land ≥ 5 ha;– Not cultivated field blocks with area ≥ 5 ha.

Part- financed by the EU

Conclusions

• We have written knowledge;• We have GIS;• We can provide project follow-up.