Forest Metrix PRO meets QGIS
Forest Metrix PRO on the desktop
Since 2013, we have promoted iPhones and iPads in the field for data collection, analysis, and reporting. Time is valuable, and spending time transcribing data in the office is an extra task that no one really needs. But we do recognize that there are situations where...
Poll Finds Uncertainty on COVID Exposure, Agreement with Business Restrictions
This year's poll going out to 20,000 tree professionals started off with questions about COVID-19. We'll get to the typical annual questions on the market, but first explore some of the results dealing with the pandemic. A high proportion of those polled - about one...
QGIS- A Crash Course for Foresters
While I am a consulting forester, much of my time is spent consulting to consulting foresters. A consultant to consultants, if you will. Our business focus is to provide timber inventory software, but when folks are moving to a more modern inventory platform involving...
An Alternative to the Forestry Vest?
We work with foresters all over the country, and this means we get to see a million different ways that things are done. While some tools are universally accepted everywhere (looking through you, prism), other tools find popularity by region. Sometimes it may be a...
A Droning Introspective, part 1
When I was a kid, one toy that I wanted more than any was a radio controlled airplane. Maybe it’s because I’ve always wanted to learn to fly a plane and this seemed like the next closest option. I never got one, though. We always lived among trees and I never had...
Client Visit Surprise
Visiting a client yesterday, I was pointed to a ground nest, where juncos had burrowed out a cavity in a small berm next to a lawn. Over the course of the visit I was able to leave a couple cameras taking stills and video. In the process, they captured this 30-second...
Oregon is Terribly Beautiful
Each year we go to a lot of conferences, and invariably the ASCA conference properly caps things off. Generalizing, the ASCA people are really engaged in pushing the science of arboriculture. They are more interested in taking down and using more data. They're...
Mapping: What You Need to Know
We just published a 20-page white paper of mapping for Arborists and other tree pros. It explains what tools - many free - are available now to quickly get field data and convert that to nice maps for clients. It also establishes how things like "GIS" and "CAD" files...
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