United States Forest ServiceS&PF Redesign Spatial Assessment Model

Timeline – Where Are We Now? (1)

• Design and Development—May 2007 to April 2008• Application Eval and Testing—March to July 2008

– Data Evaluation– Methods and Governance– Application Testing

• Phase 1 Finalization (Stage 4)—May to July 2008– Automated Output Report– Phase 1 final defect resolution– Technology Transfer

• Data Governance, Sensitivity Testing, Outputs—May 2008-?

• Open Testing, Evaluation, Requirements Gathering for Participating States—May 2008-?

Timeline – Where Are We Now? (2)• Phase 2—Mid-summer 2008 to Mid-summer

2009– Elaboration phase– Critical Enhancements (Application)

• Usability, Work Flow, and User Interface/Interaction• Private Profiles/Login/Logout/Save/Publish• Organize and Search Results• Executive Dashboard• Links to Expert Resources• Migration to Nationally-available System

– Critical Enhancements (Data and Governance)• Focused Data Development and Procurement• Preprocessing Input Standards• Extract, Transform and Load Procedures• Expert Knowledge and Oversight• Long Term Monitoring and Feedback• WebDET and Other Connections

Conceptual OverviewData Layers Themes

Forest Fragmentation

Woody Biomass

Development Risk

WUI

Fire Potential

Insects and Disease

Critical Habitat

Water Quality

Proximity

Jurisdictions

Policies

Watersheds

Others

Output

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Conserve Working Forest

Landscapes

Protect Forests From

Harm

Enhancing Other Forest-

Related Benefits

National Scale

Regional Scale

State Scale

National, Regional, State, or Local

The Model—Layers Only Output

The Model—Each Theme Output

The Model—Combing Themes

Output

Work Flow Overview

PrepareData

PrepareThemes

Analysis (“container”)

Assign Data

Set Up Scenarios

Assign Layers (layers only)

Layer-Theme Linkages (layers and themes)

Assign Weights

View/Edit Scenario

Clone Scenario

RunAnalysis

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Analysis Output, Metadata,

and Classification