Woodland Creation & Management Mapping Overview

You can digitally map myForest Mapping Components - Compartments, Sub-compartments and Features - by clicking with your mouse to align with visible points of reference on a map or satellite image. You can also import a GIS file containing digitally mapped objects from an external source, in the form of polygons, lines and points, and then edit them in myForest by simple mouse clicks.

Polygons are the most complex type of 2D object and can be anything that consists of a closed area, such as a Compartment, Sub-compartment or property boundary. A Line Feature has a start point and an end point with any number of intermediate points in between. Examples are rides, tracks and watercourses. A Point Feature is usually a small, discrete feature that can be represented by a single point, such as an individual tree, an access gate, or a footbridge.

The principles of mapping in myForest are the same for all three. When mapping, each click of your mouse is automatically converted into a datapoint - also know as a node or a vertex - that defines its location and links it to an object in the database: a Compartment, Sub-compartment or Feature. myForest displays this information visually in the Mapping Live View.

• Part 1 - Locating your Site
• Part 2 - Adding Mapping Components
• Part 3 - Mapping Point Features
• Part 4 - Mapping Line Features
• Part 5 - Mapping Polygons

For more detailed guidance refer to the following:

• Compartment and Sub-compartment Mapping
• Feature Mapping
• Importing Mapping
• Importing RPA Land Parcels (England only)