Introduction to Woodland Management with myForest

myForest is a powerful GIS (Geographical Information System) incorporating advanced digital mapping capabilities with a dedicated forestry geospatial database (geospatial means the data is linked to a location).

Mapping Components are the digitised elements, or geometries, that form the basis of your own myForest geographical database. They consist of points, lines and polygons (areas).

Two special types of polygons in myForest are Compartments and Sub-compartments. The third Mapping Component is Features, which can be used to show any other type of point, line or area feature.

Compartments and Sub-compartments are used to spatially sub-divide woodland into management units. The practice is a critical part of woodland management and planning, and underpins how you go about mapping your woodland and storing data. How you do it will depend on a number of factors including the scale and complexity of the site, the presence of special features or constraints, and your objectives.