Good Morning All,

I haven’t looked to see how large the Finnish privately owned forests are, but if I understand the web site and LiDAR blog correctly they have committed to flying LiDAR every ten years.

http://blog.lidarnews.com/finnish-forests-to-be-completely-mapped-in-3d

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150526005282/en/Finnish-Forest-Centre%E2%80%99s-Database-Privately-Owned-Forests-Reaches#.VW78Rs9VjnJ

 

It would appear that our large forest landowners are on the right track in participating in the GeoLibrary’s efforts to bring full LiDAR coverage to all of Maine and not just the populated centers.

GeoLibrary and MeGIS staff are working with the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit to develop a project covering approximately 7,000 square miles in western Maine. Several of Maine’s largest landowners have expressed interest in contributing funding to this planned application for USGS funding in the fall of this year.

 

Joseph Young

Maine Office of GIS, Administrative Director

Maine Library of Geographic Information, Executive Director

SHS 145

51 Commerce Drive

Augusta, Maine 04333-0145

VP/Cell: 207-624-2664

http://maine.gov/megis/

http://www.maine.gov/geolib/