Geographic information system usage to determine the environmentally sensitive forest road route in mountainous terrain

The data are generated with different resources and methods in order to prepare forest road network and determine the route during field and office works. The diversity resources of data and the different methods of getting the data and etc. impact on planning in a good planning principles.Geographic Information System (GIS) provides that all of info such as topographic map, forest management plan and data of field can be configured separately in a layer. In addition to this, the collateral maps prepare according to new data from analysis of Geographic Information System. These use to analyze relationship between field-road route.The research area is chosen as Tutunculer Forest District on Artvin Operation Directorate of Forestry on Artvin Regional Directorate of Forestry. The aims of this research are the factors such as reduction of damage on environment, procurement of functional needs of forestry and being effective in whole area determine forest road route with using GIS. Furthermore, how the effects of mountainous steep terrain conditions on the choice of forest road route is researched. The assessment of alternative road route by using Digital Terrain Model and GIS provides workforce and economical saving, so that the probability of the best service is introduced. The forest road network, which include the best solution with digital values in process of forest work is prepared analysis via GIS and prepared collateral maps, assessment of distinct alternatives.