The 6th SOFOR GIS Conference will encompass topics related to the use of GIS and other geospatial technologies in forestry and natural resource management. We welcome contributions in the following areas:
| Digital image processing | Environmental planning |
| Forestry inventory/management | Geodatabase management |
| Geospatial technologies | GPS |
| Habitat analysis | Landscape change |
| Landscape ecology | Recreation management |
| Socioeconomic analysis | Soils/soil management |
| Water resources management | Wildlife/Fishery management |
| Urban forestry |
View the conference proceedings
Best Poster Award:
Angelo, James J., John F. Weishampel, Hilary M. Swain, and Edwin M. Everham III
"Using LiDAR and Field Data to Analyze Canopy Structure in a Sand Pine Forest"
Best Student Presentation Award:
Kevin McAbee
"Improving Imperiled Species Management through Spatially Explicit Decision Tools"
Best Student Paper Award:
R.D. Flanigan, M.P. Strager, and J.R. Brooks
"Predicting species composition in an eastern hardwood forest
with the use of digitally derived terrain variables within a GIS"