
filed under: gis and data tech
Today’s techno-savvy trail users expect to be able to plan and preview their trail experience with accurate GPS and GIS data viewed in programs like Google Earth.
by J. Scott Groenier, PE, Project Leader, Structures, USDA Forest Service, Chip Young, Trail Specialist, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Today’s techno-savvy trail users expect to be able to plan and preview their trail experience with accurate GPS and GIS data viewed in programs like Google Earth. Trail managers also expect to use modern technology like time-lapsed video from a basic digital camera to detect changes in trails or trail use over time. This session will address some of those technologies, and it will also describe how the US Forest Service’s Technology Transfer program keeps track of these emerging uses of technology and lets users and land managers know how to find and use such technologies.
FAQ: Apps for Trail Management and Volunteers
Information on apps that can be used for trail management that would be suitable for volunteer-type organizations.
Levaware systems is offering IoT intelligence to create a new type of trailhead.
A Descriptive Examination of the Most Frequently Used Activity Settings in 25 Community Parks
The purpose was to examine 9 adult activity settings in 25 community parks to determine the most and least frequently used by gender, physical-activity (PA) intensity, and ethnicity.
Access to the Great Outdoors for All
Using the power of GIS mapping to strategically target development of recreation access and new land protection opportunities to address gap areas.