fia forest inventory analysis plots in forests over the us –coordinates “fuzzed” at 1km...
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FIA• Forest Inventory Analysis
• Plots in forests over the US– Coordinates “fuzzed” at 1km– Tree species and characteristics– Resampled every decade
• FIA database:– Downloadable by state– CSV files or MS-Access– “CN” for primary keys– Includes complete database dictionary!
MS-Access
• Part of MS-Office professional
• Relational database– No concurrent access– No spatial extensions
• Has some unique characteristics– Brackets on field names: [Field1]
• “Easy to Use” wizards for queries– Can get to SQL statements behind the
wizards
SQL View
SELECT PLOT.[CN]
FROM
(PLOT INNER JOIN TREE ONPLOT.CN = TREE.PLT_CN)
INNER JOIN REF_SPECIES ON TREE.SPCD = REF_SPECIES.SPCD;
MS-Access
• Access uses “*” for a string wildcard
• Fieldnames are in brackets (sometimes)
• First “INNER JOIN” must be in parenthesis
Final Query
SELECT PLOT.[CN], PLOT.LAT, PLOT.LON,
REF_SPECIES.COMMON_NAME, TREE.HT
FROM (PLOT INNER JOIN TREE ON
PLOT.CN = TREE.PLT_CN)
INNER JOIN REF_SPECIES ON
TREE.SPCD = REF_SPECIES.SPCD
WHERE (((REF_SPECIES.COMMON_NAME) Like 'Doug*') AND ((TREE.HT)>200))
ORDER BY TREE.HT DESC;
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