Visual Assessments

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Scenic values are an important aspect of the forests in BC. How an area will look after development is often times as equal or more important than other values for an area, given the extensive use of the forest today. A visual assessment is used to plan or determine how an area will look after development. Almost any development can be designed so that it fits the landscape, or meets acceptable limits. Visual assessments are used:

• by planners when determining the appropriate size and scale of alteration for an area, or
• by developers to promote a development by portraying the view from a particular area.

Visual assessments use any or all of the following to plan or test the proposed development:

• photo-realistic digital terrain modeling
• evaluation and design techniques
• numerical analysis.
• fly throughs
• a sequence of development over time or greening up over time.

The quality of assessment work will determine the outcome of approvals, and final impacts. The following is a description of services provided by Enfor and recent sample projects.

Visual Resource Planning by Enfor

VLP Software

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Samples

MOSRM - Central Coast LRMP - Bond Sound

Lakeside Pacific Forest Products - Harrison 8

MOF - Chilliwack

Terminal Forest Products Limited - Sechelt

Western Forest Products - Whistler 2010

International Forest Products Limited - Mt. Hope

International Forest Products Limited - Rivers Inlet

Babine Forest Products Company

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