Abstract
The author has developed "The Reserved Forests Database", which contains maps, photographs and attributive information for the retrieval of forest data. From this database, one can retrieve various types of information about reserved forests, including maps and photographs. The computer system of this database is based on the Macintosh personal computer. The hardware devices required by this system are a CPU, a monitor and an optical-disk driver, and the application software programs required are FilemakerPro and Grand-muse. Although graphic data requires large memory capacity, 300 data sets were successfully stored on one optical disk by using a data compression technique. This database can be applied to various purposes and can be used for the visual interpretation of a forest.
