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701-3 Using Tactical GPS Vehicle Tracking Data for Military Land Management.

Poster Number 252

See more from this Division: A02 Military Land Use & Management
See more from this Session: Finding Middle Ground: Environmental Stewardship in Perpetually Disturbed Landscapes (Posters)

Wednesday, 8 October 2008
George R. Brown Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E

Paul Ayers1, Heidi Howard2, Alan Anderson3, Naga Potteti4, Alex McLemore4, Adam Duncan4 and Rebecca Messer4, (1)Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
(2)USA-CERL, Champaign, IL
(3)ERDC-CERL, Champaign, IL
(4)Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Abstract:
Using GPS data with Dfirst technology for 100 daily datasets were used to predict the land management impacts during a 12 day military training exercise at Camp Atterbury in Indiana in July 2007.  Off-road vegetative impacts were determined utilizing vehicle-terrain impact models.  Quantity and location of off-road impacts were determined.  Training areas with severe impacts were determined.  This study shows the utility of using tactical GPS datasets to evaluate training area impacts.

See more from this Division: A02 Military Land Use & Management
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