GIS Mapping & GPS
Northwest Management, Inc., hosts the one of the most advanced GIS Laboratories in the US, dedicated to natural resource analysis and resource management. Explore what we offer your company, organization, agency or group. Whether you need full project management, consultation services, or GIS/GPS training, we have the real life solution for you!
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Full
Project Management
Northwest
Management, Inc., can work with you to gather geospatical data from your
specific site (e.g., management boundaries, animal movement, habitat areas,
and other critical features), integrate it with publically available geospatial
data such as digital elevation models (DEM), road networks, hydrological
features, soil types, and combine it with aerial photography, satellite
images, and other fee based data, to generate accurate maps about your
property. Then we use this data to conduct analyses only available on GIS
systems, such as stream buffer zones, animal home ranges, road network
solutions, area calculations, view shed areas, and countless other analyses
to improve the accuracy of your management decisions.
Consultation Services
Northwest Management, Inc., offers consultation services to clients around the globe. Whether you need assistance on how to solve a problem, or you need the problem solved, we will work with you to find a solution rapidly. Our clients enjoy telephone service assistance and quick file interchange abilities (via FTP Internet secure servers). No matter where you are on the planet, we will find a solution to meet your needs.
Contact us today to discuss your GIS needs and develop a flexible solution to meet your real life problems.
GIS Training
Let
our experiences benefit you! Northwest Management, Inc., is well
known for delivering high quality educational programs that focus on solving
real world problems. Our training in GIS for natural resources generally
uses either the ArcVIEW or ArcGIS software and covers the use of various
extensions that allow natural resource managers to make better informed
decisions in real time. To the extent possible, we integrate data from
your area during the training sessions and facilitate hands-on activities
aimed at developing repeatable skills when the instructors leave.
Beginner, intermediate, advanced, and special topics training sessions are available. We tailor our sessions to the skill level of your people. All sessions include trainee course notebooks. Fully integrated sessions include GPS, GIS, LMS, and growth modeling. Contact us today to schedule your next training session.
Instructors:
Dr. William E. Schlosser holds 4 degrees in natural resources sciences (Associates in Geology, Bachelors in Forest and Range Management, Masters in Natural Resource Economics, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Regional Planning). He is an expert in GIS analyses with over 20 years of applied land management experience in North America and Russia. He is a noted educator and communicator (Inland Empire-Society of American Foresters "Communicator of the Year" in 2000), with a reputation for being a high energy instructor capable of communicating highly complex topics in an understandable format. His class notes are known for being easy to follow with step-by-step instructions and screen shots.Vaiden Bloch, M.S., has extensive experience with GPS and GIS systems. He has led many projects involving mapping, analysis, and precision GPS data collection, including the management of Northwest Management, Inc.'s GPS Trimble Base Station located in Moscow, Idaho. He is a skilled instructor capable of making the difficult topic, understandable.
Tomas Richards has been the lead silviculturist for Northwest Management, Inc. since 1986. His responsibilities include project management and technical content of silviculture, forest inventory, and growth and yield projects. Tom contributs to the company's educational offerings through extensive experience with forest inventory and its modeling on computer aided forest growth models, including vegetation mapping on GIS and landscape visualizations.
Up to date, and State-of-the-Art
Northwest Management, Inc. uses precision GPS for updating features on USGS maps, road inventory, acreage determination and GIS data acquisition. Global Positioning System is satellite technology used to locate any object on the face of the earth. This amazing mapping technology is the most accurate mapping tool available today.
Services Include:
• Feature Mapping
i.e. insect infestations, harvest units
• Aerial Photo and Map Control
• Traversing and Area Determination
• Existing Corner Evidence Search
• Line, Point and Area Mapping
• Fence line and Cutting Boundary Mapping
• GPS Data Processing and GIS Conversion
• GPS Base Station Data
• GPS Road Inventory (click here)
Northwest Management, Inc., combines
GPS technology with years of experience in mapping forest and range resources.
Whether you need complex road systems mapped and recorded or cutting boundaries
identified we can do it for you; accurate, fast, and affordable. If you
would like to discuss these services with one of our specialists please
contact us or fill out the form below so we can contact you.
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