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May 30, 2006 ESRI Press Release Virginia Department of Forestry Implements ESRI ArcGIS Server to More Efficiently and Accurately Manage Forest Lands Redlands, California—ESRI announced today that the Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) has implemented its geographic information system (GIS) software, ArcGIS Server. ArcGIS Server is the basis of a VDOF program called the Integrated Forest Resource Information System (IFRIS), which is used to more efficiently and accurately manage forest lands. IFRIS will enable field staff to make better assessments of how landowners should manage their resources with respect to short- and long-term goals. The mapped data will also permit regional and statewide spatial analyses relative to other spatial units such as watersheds, stewardship priority areas, economic impact zones, and others. "This application will make it easier for field staff to capture data describing the location and nature of wildfire incidents, water quality, harvest inspections, forest health observations, and other critical data," says Mindia Brown, Information Systems Manager, VDOF. "The timely, accurate, and readily available database that will evolve via IFRIS will help VDOF communicate the condition of Virginia’s forests to all those who need or want to know." IFRIS is a Web-based enterprise information system that integrates GIS functionality to create a time-series map of forest management activity and forest stand conditions. It is built on ESRI ArcGIS Server, a comprehensive web-based GIS. With ArcGIS Server GIS applications can be controlled managed and delivered to large numbers of users over networks. IFRIS also works with Microsoft SQL Server; ESRI ArcIMS, for map publishing and ESRI ArcSDE software, for accessing large, multi-user geographic databases. VDOF contracted with Richmond, Virginia-based ESRI business partner, Timmons Group, for application development, infrastructure, infrastructure design, and configuration. Timmons Group created the application to manage the more than 12 million acres of forest in Virginia. "VDOF is looking forward to many advantages of this new system," says Lowell Ballard, Director of Advanced Technologies, Timmons Group. "It expects that statewide mapping of forest management activities by its field foresters will result in a much richer dataset than the agency and its customers have ever had access to before." IFRIS is in its first phase of development. Future IFRIS development will incorporate field-based mapping and data collection using personal data assistants with integrated GPS.
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