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Sewall Publications

To provide our clients with current information on mapping, GIS, and forestry technologies, Sewall publishes a range of documents available below in pdf format. Links to industry publications that feature Sewall projects and personnel are also provided.

Reference Points. An introductory series on GIS mapping processes.

Contents
1. Aerial Photography
2. Establishing Control with GPS
3. Base Maps
4. Digital Base Mapping
5. A Digital Ortho Primer
6. Automating Tax Maps for GIS
7. Tax Maps: Source Documents for GIS
8. Land Use and Land Cover in Municipal GIS
9. Engineering and GIS

Cardinal Points. Advanced topics in digital orthophotography and photogrammetry technologies.

1. Vegetation Management of Utility Right-of-Way


The Timberland Report.
A periodic newsletter on timberland financial trends.

Vol 9 (2007)
1. Corporate Structure, Mill Capacity, & Product Prices in Western Timber and Timberland Markets
2. Timberland Ownership and Forest Industry Changes in the U.S. Northeast
3. Forestland Markets Remain Hot While Forest Products Wane--Is There a Disconnect?

Vol 8 (2006-2007)
1. Conservation Easements, Supply Agreements, & Green Certification
2. Wood & Timberland Markets in Midwestern U.S.
3. Discount Rates and Timberland Investments

4. Structural Changes in the Timber and Timberland Markets of the U.S. South

Vol 7 (2005)
1.
Southern Timberlands: Markets and Mother Nature
2. Northeast Timberlands: Strong Markets and Returns

Vol 6 (2004)
4. Managing Timberland Investment Risk

Vol 5 (2003)
1. Diversification Among Timberland Regions
2. Southern Timberlands
3. Economic Optimism: A Recent World History

Vol 4 (2002)
1.
Calculating Pre-Historic and Futuristic Timberland Returns
2. Western Timberlands--An Exhausting Review of Recent Timber Prices
3. Long-Run Demand for Wood--Trends in World Population and Wood Use
4. Northeast Timberlands

Vol. 3 (2001-2002)
1. Lumbering Along
2. Northeast Timberlands
3. Tip for New Investors
4. Not-So-Hot Timberland Returns

Vol. 2 (2000-2001)
1. Southern Timberlands
2. U.S. Softwoods Exports to Japan
3. Western Timberlands
4. Southern Timberlands

Vol. 1 (1999)
1. Western Timberlands
2. Northeast Timberlands
3. Southern Timberland Activity
4. Measuring Timberland Performance


Articles, Books, Papers, and Presentations

Innovative Utilities Honored with 2004 Projects of the Year Awards. Utility Automation & Engineering T&D. March 2005

James W. Sewall Helps Clients Realize True Value of Land Assets. Remsoft Notes

McAnany, Patricia. Under the Canopy. Surveyors and Archaeologists Team Up to Map the Sibun Valley in Belize. POB Online.

Schoonmaker, Lisa. GIS Saves the Trees. Mapping the 1998 Ice Storm in Maine. POB Online.

Successful Response Starts with a Map. Improving Geospatial Support for Disaster Management. Committee on Planning for Catastrophe: A Blueprint for Improving Geospatial Data, Tools, and Infrastructure, Mapping Science Committee, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies. National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 2007.

Vicary, Bret. The 1998 Ice Storm and Casualty Loss Deductions

Vicary, Bret. Timberland Markets--Domestic & International. NESAF 2004, Quebec City, Canada, March 23-24, 2004.

Vicary, Bret. Timberland Markets--Domestic & International. IQPC TimberLand Investing Summit, New York, New York, April 20, 2006.

Vicary, Bret. Timberland Taxes Around the World. World Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon, September 11-13.

Young, Clarence . Massachusetts' Cape Cod Canal Data Maintained and Updated with GIS. ArcNews Online

Industry Resources

James W. Sewall Company employees are affiliated with numerous professional organizations. The following list provides Web access to these groups.

American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
Appraisal Institute
Association of Consulting Foresters (ACF)
Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA)
International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO)
Maine Society of Land Surveyors (MSLS)
Maine Software Developers Association
Maine Rural Water Association
Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors (MAPPS)
Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers (MALSCE)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
The Photogrammetric Society
Society of American Foresters (SAF)
Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)
Temperate Forest Foundation
US Geological Survey (USGS)
USGS Earth Resources Observation Systems Data Center
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)


Sewall is a business associate with the following industry firms:

Autodesk
Bentley Systems
ESRI
Intergraph Corporation
Orbital Image Corporation (ORBIMAGE)

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