Wooden rack built by Keith Sprengel holding power boards and laptop computers used for early Digital Aerial Sketch Mapping (DASM) system mounted in ODF's aircraft N9000V. Foam pads under laptops reduced vibration.
Photo by: Unknown
Date: circa 2002
Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection.
Source: Aerial Survey Program collection.
Note: The transition from collecting data on paper maps to digital data collection with DASM happened over the course of several years of testing. The first year for 100% DASM data collection in Oregon and Washington was 2003.
For geospatial data collected during annual aerial forest insect and disease detection surveys see:
www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/forest-grasslandhealth/insects-... For related historic program documentation see:
archive.org/details/AerialForestInsectAndDiseaseDetection... Johnson, J. 2016. Aerial forest insect and disease detection surveys in Oregon and Washington 1947-2016: The survey. Gen. Tech. Rep. R6-FHP-GTR-0302. Portland, OR: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection. 280 p.
Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection:
www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth