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Standards and Procedures
It may be possible to order some hardcopies listed below, please contact
Queen's Printer:
Government Publications Centre at (250) 387-3309
Planning
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digital format
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Vegetation Resources Inventory Guidelines for Preparing a Project Implementation Plan for Ground Sampling and Net Volume Adjustment Factor Sampling Version 3.0
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May 2007
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VRI Phase 2 Post-Project Documentation and Deliverables |
June
2007 |
[download] |
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Preparing a VRI Strategic
Inventory Plan (VSIP) for Ground Sampling and Photo Interpretation |
January
2005
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[download] |
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Vegetation Resources Inventory Guidelines for Preparing a Project Implementation Plan for Photo Interpretation Version 2.2
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May 2008
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VSIP Sign-Off document
(indicating that MoFR VRI standards are being followed and that
the MOF Forest Analysis Branch concerns are being addressed in the
plan |
Sept.
2004
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[download] |
Data Collection
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digital format
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BC
Tree Code List v 4.4
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April
2004 |
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Vegetation Resources Inventory Localization Procedures v 2.0
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March
2005 |
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Spatial Vegetation Resources Inventory Digital File Specifications |
September
1998 |
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Sample Selection
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Vegetation Resources
Inventory Sample Selection Procedures for Ground Sampling v3.3 |
December
2002 |
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Errata 1.0 - Vegetation Resources
Inventory Sample Selection Procedures for Ground Sampling v3.3 |
April 2005 |
[download] |
Ground Sampling (VRI and CMI)
Vegetation Resources Inventory
(VRI)
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digital format
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Vegetation Resources Inventory Ground Sampling
Procedures v 4.8 - May 2008
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May
2008 |
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Appendices v 4.5 - March 2004
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March
2007 |
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VRI Ground Sampling Data Collection Procedures for Inaccessible
Sample v. 1.0 March 2003
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March 2003
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Vegetation Resources Inventory Ground Sampling Quality Assurance
Procedures and Standards for VRI Ground Sampling v 3.1 - March 2008
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March
2008 |
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Vegetation Resources Inventory Within-Polygon Variation Sampling
Procedures Version 1.1
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January
2003 |
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Change Monitoring Inventory
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digital format
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National Forest Inventory BC Change Monitoring Procedures for
Provincial and National Reporting ver. 1.4 March 2005
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March 2005
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National Forest Inventory BC Change Monitoring Procedures for
Provincial and National Reporting : Appendices ver. 1.4 March
2005
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March 2005
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Change Monitoring Inventory Ground Sampling Quality Assurance
Procedures v1.1 - March 2002
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March 2002
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Change Monitoring Inventory Ground Sampling Quality Assurance
Standards v2.1 - May 2007
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May 2007
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Net Volume Adjustment Factors
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digital format |
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Net Volume
Adjustment Factor Sampling Standards and Procedures Version 4.2 |
June
2007 |
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Addendum to Net Volume Adjustment Factor Sampling Standards and Procedures Version 4.2 RISC 2007 |
April
2007 |
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Notice: The current standards and procedures are under
review. Proponents planning to use this document should contact either
Will Smith or Sam
Otukol at Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch.
Photo Interpretation
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digital format
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Photo Interpretation Procedures Version 2.4 - March 2002
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March 2002
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Vegetation Resources Inventory Photo Interpretation Standards and Quality Assurance Procedures Version 3.1
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May
2008 |
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| Air and Ground Calibration |
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Air
Call (Air Calibration)
Data Collection Procedures and Standards Version 2.1 -
June 2007 |
June 2007
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Ground
Call (Ground Calibration) Data Collection
Procedures and Standards Version 3.1 -
June 2007 |
June 2007
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| BC Land Cover Scheme |
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BC Land Classification Scheme version 1.3 - March 2002
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March
2002
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Addendum to BC Land Cover Classification Scheme version 1.2
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February 2002
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GPS Technology
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digital format
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For provincial
GPS standards, the document can be found here
(version 3.0) |
March
2001 |
n/a
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Data
Management (Data Dictionary)
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digital format
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Vegetation Resources Inventory Sample Data Compilation Process
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January
2005 |
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VRI and NFI Compiler Data Dictionary for Tree Data
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December
2003 |
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VRI data dictionary, vri data model, Forest inventory Planning
(FIP) data dictionary [here]
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Data Analysis
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digital format
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New draft data analysis documents will be available at the end of October 2006. For more information, please contact Sam Otukol at Sam.Otukol@gov.bc.ca or at 250 387-2659
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