Development and Application of Geographic Information System of Wangqing Forestry Bureau

Taking Wangqing Forestry Bureau in Jilin Province as a example, the procedure of development and application of Geographic Information System of Wangqing Forestry Bureau was introduced based on MapInfo software. In this system, the attribute information and space distribution information are connected reasonably and correctly and can be updated simultaneously by ODBC and DDE function of MapInfo which is easy for users to inquiry or modify mutual information between the space distribution and region attribute of forest. This new characteristic can successfully solve the traditional problem--separation between attribute information and space distribution information. By using this system, the decision makers can get the up to date forest information and make forest resource information management to meet the need of forestry sustainable development.