Managing our Forests with Geospatial Technologies

• Now the GIS Section, we are the geospatial information management powerhouse of the Agency

• We provide tangible and intangible geospatial services to external and internal customers.

• We process and collate spatial data real-time.

• We provide technical support to field teams who uses in-house geospatial technology on a daily basis.

• We deploy customized applications, from our web-based platforms- ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Portal.

• Manages geospatial workflows within the Agency.
• Analyses of geospatial data and prepares it for internal and external use. 
• Multi-user Geodatabase development and management
• Landcover and landuse assessments
• Imagery analysis and interpretation

• Provides technical support to field teams of FD
• Maintain and update the agency's spatial databases
• Support data collection activities using in-house platforms such as Terrasync and ArcGIS Collector
• Download, process and store critical datasets for core workflows

Forest Technicians that belong to other Divisions of the Agency utilize GIS technologies through the use of GPS devices and GPS enabled mobile phones. While they may not be directly linked to desktop applications, they use GIS technologies often enough for it to be considered a considerable part of their career.

The ArcGIS Enterprise Portal will allow the GIS Team to share within the organization, maps, apps and other geographic information. The portal is essentially an area where our services are simplified to information used by our stakeholders.

Using a feature of the Portal, called distributed collaboration, we will be able to integrate GIS into our network and enable us to better share this type of data between individuals and businesses.