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Forestry Data Model

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Date Submitted: July 9, 2001
Last Modified: July 6, 2005

With topology in ArcGIS the interest in forestry is growing. An initial forestry model was developed by the Forestry Special Interest Group (FSIG) with the follow-up design and sample database work led by Dennis Murphy. We are interested in moving this forward and would be glad for any input. For more information or to become involved with the forestry data model contact John Steffenson at jsteffensen@esri.com.

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Downloads - Design Templates

The Design Templates are the result of the community-based design process. The general concepts and terms for this discipline are described here. Tools and examples to create a template data model are also included for advanced users.

Draft Data Model Reference Document Adobe Acrobat - pdf format, 276kb (submitted 07/09/2001)
Conceptual Design - gif format, 265kb (submitted 11/26/2002)
Design Template Visio 2000/2002, MS Access - zip format, 1881kb (submitted 11/26/2002)
Tips and Tricks for Data Models - URL format (submitted 08/07/2003)
Forest Service Design Templates xml, uml, pdf, mdb, and uml.dtd files - zip format, 4967kb (submitted 07/06/2005)

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