by admin | Nov 30, 2014 | Forest Inventory, YTGEN
What is random numbers and how are these used within YTGen? An example use of random numbers in YTGEN is for the calculation of height at which a stem breaks when felled e.g. the whereabouts of break, random numbers hereby only determinate the randomness of a breakage...
by admin | Oct 8, 2014 | Cloud Services, GeoMaster, GIS and Mapping
Managing forest information and operational events in GeoMaster is empowered by the link to ArcMap GIS. This means spatially all land be it productive, or non-productive can have detailed record keeping and more importantly a history. The core to this in GeoMaster is...
by admin | Oct 2, 2014 | Cloud Services, GeoMaster, GIS and Mapping
Often you obtain new areas of land or forest these areas will need to be brought into your GeoMaster Forest Information system. If you haven’t been given the new areas in a shapefile the first task is to map these new areas. You can either do this by creating in...
by admin | Sep 22, 2014 | Harvesting, Log Scaling, Logmaker Auditing, STICKS, Training, Value Recovery
Interpine’s Log Value Recovery Auditors recently attending a training session hosted by Waratah Forestry Attachments at their Rotorua training centre. The focus was learning more about the TimberRite measuring and control system, while also focusing on the key...
by admin | Aug 14, 2014 | Harvesting, HarvestNav, LiDAR
The free version of HARVESTNAV is now downloadable and includes a number of new features which have developed from the positive industry feedback and infield testing. It now supports: aerial imagery the use of an external GPS, like a classic Garmin 60, 62S or 64 via...
by admin | Jul 29, 2014 | Valuation, YTGEN
This article summaries the main uses of the I300 growth model within YTGen. In summary the 300 Index model is a New Zealand national growth model for Pinus radiata. The Plantation Management Co-operative initiated its development before 2005; later Future Forests...
by admin | Jul 10, 2014 | Harvesting, Valuation, Value Recovery, YTGEN
Woodlot valuation are traditionally based on averages which tend to ignore the effects of variability or risk. Sources or variability in woodlot valuations typically included the following: Log price changes JAS conversions factors m3 / tonne conversion factors Yield...
by admin | Feb 5, 2014 | Carbon Inventory, Forest Inventory, LUCAS
Recently Interpine completed a soil carbon survey for the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) as part of New Zealand’s carbon monitoring system, known as the LUCAS programme. This involved sampling throughout planted forest sites across Northland, Bay of...
by admin | Dec 6, 2013 | Forest Inventory, PlotSafe, YTGEN
Tree height prediction and modelling is an important part of the data conversion, below article describes the equations and their difference tree height prediction. The subject of modelling tree heights is described in the following article; Modelling Tree Height in...
by admin | Nov 27, 2013 | PlotSafe, Training, YTGEN
One of the foundations within YTGen is its flexibility when it comes to choosing which log grades to produce. The Cutting Strategy (*.YTS file) options within YTGen offers the user a wide range of options to define different types of log products. These can be...
