KRM uses up-to-date
technologies to organize, manage, and utilize data to enhance our decision making process and track these decisions over time. KRM is a full service GIS consulting
company, providing a complete range of GIS services to the forest industry and
natural resource community. GIS Consulting Services
GIS stands for Geographic Information System (GIS). GIS combines
layers of spatial and tabular information about the features of a place to give
a better understanding of that particular place. GIS is not just an automated
decision making system, but a tool used by KRM foresters to query,
analyze, and map data in support of the decision making process. GIS stores
information about the world as a collection of themed layers that can be used
together or individually. The GIS data
contains an explicit geographic reference termed “geocoding.” This allows the GIS to know exactly where
this data is located in relationship to the rest of the world. The database can be analyzed to find stands
or other features that match the desired criteria, enhancing our foresters’
ability to make timely management decisions.
GIS maps are extremely
efficient in that they can easily be updated or modified to reflect
continuously changing forest management and wildlife management activities such
as timber harvests, thinnings, prescribed burning, and wildlife habitat
improvement, and food plot location and maintenance. GIS maps can also be exported as digital
images that can be attached to emails and viewed in presentations for improved
communication to our clients. KRM
utilizes ArcGIS software to manage all geographic information systems. 
- Development of multi-layer GIS databases
- GIS database planning, design, and implementation
- Maintenance of GIS databases
- Production of specialized maps (e.g., location maps, land sale prospectus, and presentation maps)
- Timber type mapping
- Wildlife habitat design
- Utilization of aerial photography and satellite images as a referenced backdrop in GIS
- Utilization of GPS technology in forest resource management
- Natural resource analysis (e.g., shoreline classifications, development impacts)