OffREval

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Name, responsible organisation and contact person

Has full name	Off-Road Trafficability evaluation System
Has acronym	OffREval
Has wiki contact person	Adrian Eichrodt
Has wiki contact e-mail	Adrian.Eichrodt@geoinfo.ch

Software identification

Has software	OffREval.Software

Description

Has description	Trafficability is the capacity of the vehicle to operate in specific terrain conditions. It depends on vehicle configuration, soil properties and slope gradient. The purpose of the trafficability evaluation system is to predict trafficability spatially-explicitly for a given terrain unit for a specific harvesting vehicle. The system consists of three components: first, the spatial database with a digital terrain model and a forest stand map; second, a model base, consisting of mobility models, a soil moisture model, and soil bearing capacity model; third, a user interface to specify the system parameters and to visualize output.
Has modelling scope
Has temporal scale	Short term (operational)
Has spatial context	Spatial with neighbourhood interrelations
Has spatial scale	Forest level
Has objectives dimension	Multiple objectives
Has related DSS
Has goods and services dimension	Market wood products
Has decision making dimension	Single decision maker
Has forest management goal
Supports tree species
Supports silvicultural regime

Concrete application

Has typical use case
Has user profile
Has country
Has references about examples of application
Has number of users	N/A
Has number of real-life applications	N/A
Has utilisation in education	presentation/demo
Has research project reference
Has tool dissemination

Decision support techniques used in the DSS

Has decision support techniques	OffREval.Decision support techniques

Support of Knowledge Management

Has knowledge management processes	OffREval.Knowledge management process

Support of social participation

Has support for social participation	OffREval.Support of social participation

DSS development

Has DSS development	OffREval.Description of DSS development

Documentation

Has website
Has online demo
Has manual	No
Has technical documentation	No
Has reference	EICHRODT, A. and H.R. HEINIMANN. 2001. Mobility of Timber Harvesting Vehicles. In Proceedings, The 24th Annual Meeting, THE COUNCIL ON FOREST ENGINEERING, eds. J. WANG, M. WOLFORD, and J. MCNEEL, Snowshoe, West Virginia, USA, July 15-19, 2001. West Virginia University, Division of Forestry, USA. EICHRODT, A. and H.R. HEINIMANN. 2002. Modeling spatial variability of forest vehicle trafficability. In Proceedings, International Seminar on New Roles of Plantation Forestry Requiring Appropriate Tending and Harvesting Operations, ed. T. YOSHIMURA, Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese Forest Engineering Society. EICHRODT, A.W. 2003. Development of a spatial trafficability evaluation system, vdf Hochschulverlag AG.