Protected Forest Logged, Mapping Error to Blame

A protected forest in Tasmania was accidentally logged due to a mapping error, ABC News (Australia) reports. Via Cartography; see also GeoCarta.

Update, 10:40 PM: From ABC News, “Forestry Tasmania general manager Kim Creek says the error was caused by incorrect boundary markings on a map.” Via GeoCarta.

Posted on Sunday, August 28, 2005 at 8:16 AM
Categories: Energy & Resources, Environment, Mapping Errors

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Could it be that another big company could have made an error? but you know we have to have big bussiness, nature be dog-goned.

Elsie Kemp | 08/28/2005 at 8:35 PM | #

Well, it’s certainly easy to assume that the evil logging company intentionally cut down the trees in the parrot’s habitat. There will always be a certain segment that operates on the theory that, “it’s easier to ask forgiveness than get permission.” But the short article really doesn’t give us enough information to know. Just because mapping has advanced greatly with technology doesn’t mean there can never be human error. Like all technology, it still operates on the, “garbage in, garbage out” model.

Roger Hart | 08/28/2005 at 9:52 PM | #

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