For areas with special situations, local maps of stress, damage, and any extensive remedial action taken. Most of the data that will be used already exist, but have to be extracted from existing data sets or satellite data archives and converted to useable formats. Access to OMNR in-house forestry and physiology expertise is assumed. Also assumed is the availability of contractors or staff with remote sensing and GIS expertise. Efforts to locate these sources are worthwhile.
Data are digital or available as maps.
Satellite data are generally geocoded. Compatibility can be achieved by well established procedures. This stage should begin in Year 1, but can be implemented gradually using pilot studies that establish sample plots that will ultimately be incorporated into the overall survey. Costs are summarized in Sections 9 and 10. Remote sensing by earth observation and meteorological satellites provides a large and expanding number of potentially useful data sets.