This invention concerns a system for sorting elongated random width wood boards and preparing board rows having a row width within a predetermined width range. System includes a processor in communication with resource controllers for controlling resources such as, for example, lighting and carbon dioxide. Preferably, the annealing step and the oxidizing step are carried out as an in situ process, thereby minimizing the thermal budget of the overall process. The map database includes a road link database as well as an intersection database which is separate from the road link database which enables a destination to be entered to the input device by an intersection.