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GPS-VHF tracking systems can now integrate position tracking of multiple objects and personnel with onsite mapping on handheld devices and laptop computers. Combined GPSVHF systems require neither internet access nor cellular signal reception for real-time, operational safety and supply chain mapping and monitoring on site. This independence of automated location mapping from both cellular signal and internet connection makes GPS-VHF powerful for several new applications in forest engineering, including logging safety and production logistics. These units also include methods for setting fixed radius and polygonal geofences that trigger positional alert signals when crossed by transmitters. The use of GPSVHF in forest engineering can facilitate a number of improvements to conventional harvest unit planning and logging safety practices. We provide an overview of several applications of combined GPS-VHF in forest engineering currently being evaluated in a series of field experiments in the northern Rocky Mountain region of the United States. Combined GPS-VHF locator systems are useful for improving general communications among operators, and the efficiency and safety of harvest operations. However, safe use of this new technology depends upon the accuracy requirements for particular applications.

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Title:
Applications of multi transmitter GPS-VHF in Forest Operations
Creator:
Keefe, Robert; Eitel, Jan U.H.; Smith, Alistair M.S.; Tinkham, Wade T.
Date Created:
2014
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GPS-VHF tracking systems can now integrate position tracking of multiple objects and personnel with onsite mapping on handheld devices and laptop computers. Combined GPSVHF systems require neither internet access nor cellular signal reception for real-time, operational safety and supply chain mapping and monitoring on site. This independence of automated location mapping from both cellular signal and internet connection makes GPS-VHF powerful for several new applications in forest engineering, including logging safety and production logistics. These units also include methods for setting fixed radius and polygonal geofences that trigger positional alert signals when crossed by transmitters. The use of GPSVHF in forest engineering can facilitate a number of improvements to conventional harvest unit planning and logging safety practices. We provide an overview of several applications of combined GPS-VHF in forest engineering currently being evaluated in a series of field experiments in the northern Rocky Mountain region of the United States. Combined GPS-VHF locator systems are useful for improving general communications among operators, and the efficiency and safety of harvest operations. However, safe use of this new technology depends upon the accuracy requirements for particular applications.
Document Type:
Conference Proceedings
Subjects:
gps-vhf tracking systems logging safety
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Keefe, R.F.; Eitel, J.U.H.; Smith, A.M.S.; Tinkham, W.T. 2014. Applications of multi transmitter GPS-VHF in forest operations. In Proceedings of the 47th International Symposium on Forestry Mechanization and 5th International Forest Engineering Conference, Gerardmer, France, 23–26 September 2014
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Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences
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