Building Enterprise Geospatial Web solution for Forest sector

GeoForest – A Case Study Vivek Chitale*, M. Vinayak Rao**, Geetanjali Mehta, Dhrubajyoti Sarma

Presented by:-Vivek Chitale Technical Director NIC Bhopal

vc@nic.in

Essential for survival and sustenance of life

Helps in conservation of soil, water resources, environment

It is a natural habitat for wild life & biodiversity

Potentially contribute to global climate change

Essence of Forest

Rapid Urbanisation

Enormous pressure on the forest resources for fuel wood and fodder

Mining, irrigation, hydroelectric projects

Encroachments for agriculture, cattle feeding

Decrease in rain fall

Deplition of Forests

Forestry is a major government enterprise in IndiaIt has 20% of geographical area as forest & 200,000 forest villages275 million rural poor depends on forest for part of livelihoods National Commission on Agriculture in 1976 recommended the reorganization of state forestry departments and advocated the concept of social forestry National Forest Policy, 1988 focuses on ensuring environmental stability, restoring the ecological balance, and preserving the remaining forests In 2006 forestry in India underwent a major change with the passage of the Forest Rights Act, Overpopulation, farming and environmental factors are major causes of dwindling forest cover

National Forests

Forest Area in M.P.

Total Forest Area 94,689.38 sq.km (30.71%)

Total forest cover 76,429 sq. km. (24.79%)

No. of Villages 22,600 (42.85% Forest Habitation)

Tiger State Harbors 20% of India’s Tiger Population

Forest Resources

Legal status-wise Classification of Forest Area in M.P.

Reserved Forest 65.36%

Protected Forest 32.84%

Unclassified Forest 1.7%

Forest Types

Classification of forest area & forest types

State-wise Forest Area Classification

62 territorial divisions

9 National parks.

25 Wildlife sanctuaries.

Preparation of Working Plans for territorial divisions

Preparation of Management Plan for National Park/Wildlife Sanctuary.

Pioneering the JFM (Joint Forest Management) movement.

M.P Forest Department

Working plans are the plan documents which contain detailed planning of field level tasks as per Forest Policy

There are 16 working plans units in the state & Forest Division is unit for its preparation

Process of Preparation

A. First Preliminary Report: Contains results of the past management and justification for

its revision B. Fieldwork: Includes extensive data collection stock mapping updation of compartment

histories etcC. Second Preliminary Report: contains outline for future management and prescriptions.

The plan area is classified in various working circlesD. Working Plan submission after approval of the Second Preliminary Report

Implementation of Working Plans

Preparation of Working Plans

Role of GIS in Forest Management

Working Plan

Forest Density, Forest type, Crop Composition, Site Quality, Contours, Soil Map, Road network, Encroachments, Volume data, Wild life sighting, villages, Boundaries, Research plots and Fire affected area, Plantations etc.

Geospatial technology facilitates collection, storing, retrieval, transfer and display of geographically reference spatial data with its corresponding attribute information to meet a specific requirement.

Demarcation of Forest Area

Division, Range, Blocks, Compartments,sub-compartment boundariesand boundary pillars

Management Plans

Working Circles, Felling Series, Periodic Blocks and coupe numbers.

(Internet Geomatics-based Forest Mapping)

http://gismp.nic.in/GeoForest

Scope of the project

Creation of Enterprise GeoDatabase

Integration of attribute data with digital data

Generation of the required thematic maps.

Development of enterprise Web-based application

Query based output in the form of derived maps for printing

Updation of spatial data using PDA device

Application Requirements

SPATIAL DATA

GENERATE PLAN FORMATS

ATTRIBUTE PROFILE

CHANGE DETECTION

QUERY

Information for Field Officers

NAVIGATION

Creation of Forest Stock map InventoryDigitization of ~ 4500 Forest Stock Map (1:15,000)

- Variance in maps (legend, naming conventions etc.)- Gaps in spatial data- Geo-referencing Issues- Mosaicking issues

Reconsilation issues/problems (in Integration of spatial and attribute data)Design of enterprise spatial Geodatabase Design of an SOA architecture

Issues/Challanges

GeoForest Spatial Component

Forest Ranges, Compartments with their legal status (RF/PF/UC) Locations of Munara, various Forest Species, Guest House/Rest House etc. in the forestWater Bodies

Classification of forest, forest type, site quality

Working circles, felling series & coupes pertaining to a working plan

Attribute Component

Compartment Details (Notified Area, Working Plan Year etc.)

Linkage of Compartment with Forest Beat & Block

Census data

Features

Sector-specific compilation of thematic mapsSpecial tool bar for map viewing / editing.Support for zoom, pan and map composition.Built-in traverse-aid and distance/area computationQuery Module for Customized complex queriesNavigation/Search Tool based upon distance criteriaMIS for Attribute Data Management/ReportsPrinting of MapsInterface with Google MapManagement Console Audit Trails

Arch. Features

Server centric G2G

Enterprise solution

SOA Architecture (WMS, WFS, WCS)

OGC Compliant

J2EE (Open Source) for development

KML services for Google view

PDA usage for tracking & updation

SMTP & document services

Files RDBMS

SpatialDatabas

eGeodatabase

GIS ServerSDEServer GIS

Browse

User Login Page

Thematic maps

Profiles

Map Contents

Working CircleCompartment BoundaryCompartment (Legal Status)Forest ClassificationForest AgeForest TypeForest Site Quality

Zoom In Zoom Out

Habitation Search

Pan Full ExtentNextPrevious

Map Print

Measure

Habitations ProfileCoupe ProfileCompartment ProfileQuery ShellNavigationSearchEditing Tool

M.P State with Compartment Legal Status

Thematic Map (Compartment Legal Status)

Reserved Forest

Protected Forest

Thematic map on Forest Classification depicting various classes under which forest area is covered

Thematic Map (Forest Classification)

Under Stock

Working Circle

Thematic Map (Working Circle)

SCI

Forest Type

Thematic Map (Forest Type)

Mixed

Sal

Forest Site Quality

Thematic Map (Forest Site Quality)

IV-A

Felling Series Boundary

Thematic Map (Felling Series Boundary)

RDF

Plantation

Coupe Boundary

Thematic Map (Coupe Boundary)

SCI

Display of compartment profile on selection on map.

Compartment Profile (Selection from Map

Navigation ( Compartments within given distance is displayed in dark green)

Navigation, helps to identify forest features in specified area

Forming Custom Query

Facilitate formation of simple/complex query

Area measurement

Measurement of area for polygon feature.

Forest Compartments (Raisen) on Google Earth Map ( Zoomed in)

Super Imposing of forest feature over Google

Impact/Benefits

Provides holistic view of entire forest area, its various classifications, types, spread of species etc.

Helps in Gap analysis and standardization

Facilitates WPO at remote places in Working Plan/Management Plan Preparation

Change Detection

Can be used to access the existing forest resource and decide treatment programs to enrich forest.

Helps to achieve transparency & easiness in planning & monitoring processes.

Conclusion

G-Governance coupled with emerging Spatial technology plays an important role in all area of governance It is state-of-the-art models to the government for Forest Sector OGC compliant Enterprise DSS on SOA architecture for macro-level planning can be built in a cost-effective manner It can play vital role in formulating appropriate Working Plans and drawing effective management plans and reports.Its capacity to make accurate and periodic assessments of forest resources will facilitate monitoring of changes in the forest statusNational level replication potential

Vivek Chitale Technical Director (NIC Bhopal) vc@nic.in

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