The location of ecoroads in the forest using a digital orthophoto

Abstract

It is important that damages to the natural environment around the forest road should make smaller. However, now the location of such roads (the ecoroad) needs a lot of work and much time. We examined the location of ecoroads by the method of the simple image processing. We picked out areas that need an attention when constructing ecoroads using the digital orthophoto, DTM and the contour map. Overlaying those areas, we zoned areas where construction of forest roads is restricted. Considering a lot of factors in the forestscape, we could locate the ecoroad in the forest easily.