Sections

Land Math: Area, Distance, Direction, Slope

Location: Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources, Room 4-516

Date: 04/25/2013 from 12:45 pm to 05:00 pm

Brochure

Click here for the brochure with mail-in registration form

Purpose and Objectives

Land Math: Area, Distance, Direction, Slope is an introductory course for loggers, forest technicians, and other natural resource professionals who have an interest in measuring land areas, distances, and directions from maps.

Who Should Attend?

Loggers, forest technicians, and other natural resource professionals who need to use maps for land management will be able to understand how to calculate basic measurements related to areas, distances, directions, and slopes. Certain work processes (mapping and determining sizes of potential management areas) may be made more efficient with this information.

Format and Equipment Needs

The course includes lecture along with some practical examples to enhance the learning experience. Additionally, crossword puzzles will be provided to allow practice in computing land measurements. Each attendee should bring their own calculator to the course.

Instructor

Pete Bettinger is a professor in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. He has more than 20 years of operating, teaching and research experience in forestry and natural resources, including roles with the U.S. Forest Service, several forest product companies, and Oregon State University. Bettinger has taught several courses on forest measurements, forest planning, and harvest scheduling, as well as GIS applications in natural resources management. In 2008, Oxford University Press published his book Geographic Information Systems: Applications in Forestry and Natural Resources Management. Bettinger earned BS and MS degrees from Virginia Tech, and a PhD from Oregon State University.

Cancellations:

Notice must be received by 5:00 p.m. April 11, 2013 to receive a refund. Please contact Ingvar Elle at 706-583-0566 or ingvar@uga.edu.

Parking and Directions

A visitor parking deck is located just north of the Georgia Center. Parking is $10.00 per day.
For a map and directions go to:
http://www.warnell.uga.edu/h/aboutWSFR/directions/index_html