by Donn Downey | Dec 12, 2018 | Apps, Ecological Data Capture, Forest Metrics, Foresters, GIS, Hardware, Instruments, Inventories, Mapping
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...
by Donn Downey | Mar 25, 2014 | Apps, Australia, Business of Forestry, Canada, Cultural Measurement, Ecological Data Capture, Education, Forest Metrics, Foresters, GIS, Hardware, Instruments, Internet Access, Mapping, Mensuration, Mid Atlantic, Midwest, Non-Forestry Uses, Northwest, South, Southwest, Southwest, Trade Shows, Uncategorized
At last, Forest Metrix has developed a full-featured version for Apple’s iPhone! We were able to keep all the same features and analytics, and the interface is pretty slick. Some think it is even easier to user than the iPad version. One really neat part is that...
by Tig Tillinghast | Mar 20, 2014 | Canada, Cases, Ecological Data Capture, GIS, Hardware, Instruments, Navigation, Non-Forestry Uses, Ruggedizing
Our friend Brian Saunders of tabletEXgear has a few new products, illustrated in the video here. We have a few of his packs ourselves, and there’s nothing better for cruising.
by Tig Tillinghast | Jun 13, 2013 | Clients, Cultural Measurement, Ecological Data Capture, Foresters, GIS, Hardware, Instruments, Societies and Groups, Trade Shows, Uncategorized
Maddy and I visited the Society of American Foresters meeting down in Asheville, NC, showing Forest Metrix to a fairly sophisticated group. While there we met up with a client, John Culp, who flies remote control helicopters on the side, sometimes even in service of...
by Tig Tillinghast | May 10, 2013 | Cases, Foresters, Hardware, Instruments, Ruggedizing
A former forester up in British Columbia, Brian Saunders, came up with a brilliant chest pack for tablets. He started off with an iPad-sized one, and we called him up right away to ask about an iPad Mini-sized variant. It took him but a few weeks to make a prototype,...
by Tig Tillinghast | Mar 31, 2013 | Apps, GIS, Hardware, Instruments, Uncategorized
We’ve been developing the Forest Metrix timber inventory app to be Windows compatible all along, so we bought a Surface Pro, loaded the forestry app, and it ran without a hitch the first time. The new Microsoft Surface Pro is essentially a little PC running...
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