Fortunately, the technological advances enable landowners’ access to a wealth of online data, including soil series maps, USGS topography maps and a myriad of current and historic aerial photographs. The majority of the remote-imaging sources provide map data through free downloads to be used in several available mapping programs. However, print copies can be purchased, and the area delineations can be conducted using permanent markers. But computer generated maps with layer production is highly recommended.
Since properties must be segregated into stands or management units, good maps will assist landowners with management plans and harvest prescriptions. These specific stands or management units should be clearly identified and labeled on the map and within the management plan.
Above management plans, good aerial photos will assist hunters with identifying travel corridors and potential stand locations. Additionally, aerial photos provide a method of configuring new and existing food plots around the property. Having good maps and other remote imagery will provide crucial data to landowners and hunters. Most wildlife and forestry professionals in the Carolinas offer a mapping service to provide landowners with accurate, user friendly remote data source material specific to their property. Features can be located using remote imagery and GPS equipment to be later incorporated into a mapping package for print or viewable in Adobe.
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