Land Information System

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Land Information System

• Green Belt Forestry LIS

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Company Profile

• Irelands largest private forestry company
• Established 1982
• 18 Foresters
• 6 Administrative Staff
• 1 GIS technician
• Encompasses all aspects relating to forestry
  management.
• Imperative Energy
• Renewable Energy Solutions via Biomass
• Commercial Industrial
• Expansion into Panama
• 2003
• Approx. 1000 ha of Teak plantations

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Current Core Activities

• Afforestation (70 Turnover)
• 40 Market Share
• 5 year average 3000 ha/pa 600 mapped
  applications per annum
• Forest Road Construction (10 Turnover)
• 25 30 km per annum 100 mapped applications
  per annum
• Timber Harvesting (15 Turnover)
• 50,000 tons per annum
• Current optimisation of LIS is in Afforestation
  applications procedures.

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Afforestation Form 1

• Application
• For Pre-Planting Approval
• completed by the applicant and Registered
  Forester
• contains a map drawn on an original OSI 6 map,
  accuracy important.
• Current Forest Service proposal iNet.
• Adequate facility for Green Belt Form 1
  application

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Afforestation Form 1 Historical

• Labour intensive paper intensive
• Significant Cost wastage
• One Application per Map
• Postal System no electronic transfer of data
• Large space required for storage of paper data
• Multiple requests for paper maps, multiple admin.
  staff, time lost.

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Afforestation Form 1 Post LIS

• Full set of 6 data available on LIS allowing for
  easy immediate access to original 6 maps
• No storing or ordering of paper maps
• Cost effective with no waste
• Multiple Applications per Map
• Electronic transfer of data available
• Central location for all mapping requirements,
  single point of contact

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Afforestation Form 2

• Application for Grant payment
• Average monetary size 35,000 per application.
• Payment based on map submitted.
• Template for payment of premium to Land owner
  average 500 p/ha per annum, over a 20 year
  period.
• Accuracy absolutely essential

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Afforestation Form 2 Historical

• Ordering original 6 paper map.time lost.
• Site mapped by hand . Accuracy issue
• Area calculated by grid square . Accuracy issue
• Presentation . Monotonous
• Time per application, 2 per day
• Significant annual surveyor costs.
• Significant storage required due to paper copies
  on all files.
• 4 Staff members 100 time allocation
• Inspection Rates Speed of payment

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Afforestation Form 2 Post LIS

• Maps readily available online
• Site mapped using ArcGIS 9.3 accuracy issue
  resolved
• Area calculated by LIS accuracy resolved
• Presentation variable, professional,
  integratable
• Time per application, 6 per day, three fold
  increase.
• Surveyor costs eliminated . Due to GPS element
  within the LIS.
• LIS provides a safe and accessible location for
  all data and maps relating to any site without
  having to hold any paper copies.
• 2 Staff members 50 time allocation
• Reduced Inspection rates Funds available
  quicker

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Afforestation Form 2 Maps Final Product
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Afforestation Form 2 Maps Final Product
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Afforestation Form 2 Maps Final Product
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Afforestation Form 2 Maps Final Product
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Afforestation Form 2 Maps Final Product
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Post Planting use of LIS

• Mobile Mapper Magellan CX
• User Friendly
• Improves Accuracy
• In house surveying . Significant cost savings

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Post Planting use of LIS

• ESB Compensation Package
• Form 3
• Reconstitution Mapping
• Road Applications
• Forest Inventory key to expansion

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Summary of Benefits

• Time Saving ..
• Maps Storage, instant access
• Less error more working capital ..
• Reduced staffing requirement ..
• Flexible system
• Accurate Inventory associated expansion for
  Green Belt ..