GIS Instruments in Support of the Forestry Activities: A Case Study

Geographic information systems (GIS) are computer systems used to acquire, store, analyze and display of geographical data. They can provide support to the activities of a forestry consortium, which needs to plan its work in relation to the territory it manages. This article will illustrate the case study of the Canavese Forestry Consortium by analyzing the sources of the data it uses and the operations it does with them. Finally, this work will give an insight on further GIS instruments that can be used to support its activity. The activities carried out during the experimentation have entered into the ordinary activities of the consortium, which now uses the technologies described. It is considered that these indications can become patrimony for other similar cases.