by David Herries | Aug 1, 2018 | UAV's / Drones
An example video of using #RPAS / #Drone / #UAV technology for supervision and safe behavior observations during a gorse conversion project for the establishment plantation #forestry in New Zealand. A single rope gravity #roller #crusher is being used in this case....
by David Herries | Jun 27, 2018 | UAV's / Drones
This is an example of the maturing in drones to make safe use our airspace while ensuring we get the benefits of drone technology. Watch this video to see Interpine latest DJI Matrice 210 RTK drone detect and warn the pilot of an incoming manned aircraft. Automatic...
by David Herries | Jun 12, 2018 | GIS and Mapping
Interpines’ skilled remote sensing team showing the effectiveness of high resolution before and after satellite imagery for the flooding that recently affected Tolaga Bay in the Gisborne region of New Zealand. High resolution satellite coverage is now almost...
by David Herries | May 31, 2018 | GIS and Mapping, Harvesting
Watch a forest in New Zealand be harvested from space, using the latest in remote sensing technology. Monitoring forest activity is a key element of forest management. Timely information enables better decision making and reconciliation leading to better value...
by David Herries | May 29, 2018 | GIS and Mapping, UAV's / Drones
Great to have the effectiveness and professionalism of our #UAV / #Drone team highlighted with direct acknowledgment from the Hon Steve Chadwick, Mayor of Rotorua. Our team recently provided support for the #emergency and #civildefence response to help our local...
by David Herries | Apr 25, 2018 | Cloud Services, Harvesting, Outside NZ, STICKS
Our Harvesting Performance Services manager Ian Wilson is currently in Finland / Sweden looking at better approaches and opportunities to enhance #forest #machinery #training for existing and new operators entering our industry. Learning through simulation is a key...
by David Herries | Apr 19, 2018 | Cloud Services, Harvesting, STICKS, Training
Great to see the next generation of machine operators training in the world leading #forest #harvesting #simulator suite at Toi-Oho-Mai Instution of Technology Rotorua. Interpine have been donating support to this program as part of our harvesting performance systems...
by David Herries | Apr 11, 2018 | GIS and Mapping, GPS
Our remote sensing team profiling the benefits of 3m resolution daily #CubeSats #satellite #imagery for post storm event analysis for the #NZ #forestry sector. An example of 3m resolution satellite imagery of a flooding event. Pre and post imagery of the event. ...
by David Herries | Apr 4, 2018 | LiDAR
Interpine, together with the researchers involved in a current FWPA funded remote sensing project have published a video of the recent data acquisition campaign at the Carabost State Forest P. radiata plantation in southern NSW. Teams from NSW DPI, University of...
by David Herries | Apr 3, 2018 | Forest Inventory, GIS and Mapping, GPS, LiDAR, UAV's / Drones
See, measure, and monitor forest wood chip piles as they grown & shrink with Drones / UAV and photogrammetry technology. Remember making a difference with technology is more important than the technology itself. There are many ground breaking technological parts...
by David Herries | Mar 30, 2018 | GIS and Mapping, Harvesting, UAV's / Drones
Our #uav team improving value recovery from #forest #harvestingoperations using Esri #fullmotionvideo technology in field studies with DJI #drones. Showing the industry new ways to do previously difficult and time consuming tasks.
by David Herries | Mar 29, 2018 | LiDAR, UAV's / Drones
Our GM David Herries gave a practitioners view as a key note speaker this week at the primary sectors #MobileTECH2018 conference in Rotorua, NZ. Reviewing how digital technology impacts on the forestry sector and how the industry is moving forward and making progress...
by David Herries | Mar 23, 2018 | Harvesting, STICKS
Its not (just) about the processor…. Our #STICKS #harvester #woodflow management system now making a splash in #forest harvest in British Columbia #Canada by allowing for better value extraction & woodflow for the forest company, & better productivity...
by David Herries | Mar 23, 2018 | Forest Inventory, LiDAR, UAV's / Drones
Millions of #tree #nursery seedlings counted using our #Drone / #UAV based #inventory. #remotesensing technology helping to keep an eye on the New Zealand vision of “one billion trees target in the next 10 years”
by David Herries | Mar 14, 2018 | Training, UAV's / Drones
Our #UAV #Drone team working alongside Massey University School of Aviation has recently completed training and certification of another 12 #foresters from throughout NZ whom are taking drones into their workplace to make forest operations and monitoring more...
by David Herries | Mar 14, 2018 | GIS and Mapping, LiDAR, UAV's / Drones
New Zealand Minister of Forestry,Hon Shane Jones recently visited our Remote Sensing and #UAV #Drone team in #Rotorua. Sarah Pitcher-Campbell and Chris Scoggins demonstrated how innovative our industry is in the use of remote sensing technology...
by David Herries | Mar 14, 2018 | Cloud Services, Harvesting, STICKS, Value Recovery
Ian Wilson, our Harvesting Performance Services Manager recently presented alongside Austimber Harvesting contractor Ian Reid and Waratah Managing Director Jules Larsen on the benefits of using forest harvester information at the recent tech transfer ForestTechX...
by David Herries | Mar 10, 2018 | Forest Inventory, LiDAR, Outside NZ, STICKS
Great day in #Vancouver #Canada with our remote sensing team leading a #workshop as part of #ForesttechX conference with rapidlasso. Providing insights into using #Lidar for enhanced #forest #inventory with #LAStoolsand Interpine’s forest yield imputation area based...
by David Herries | Mar 8, 2018 | UAV's / Drones
Great work to our #UAV team, just over 3500 #flights now completed across New Zealand. Here is a neat view of the all our flight logs over the last couple of years. This is a key component of our CAA 102 certification ensuring all flights are logged and pilots flight...
by David Herries | Mar 1, 2018 | UAV's / Drones, Wildfire
Great to have our #UAV #drone and remote sensing team making a difference in fire management again this season, conducting thermal IR surveys across some 2500ha of fire ground on the Chatham Islands. Here is some of the feedback from the incident controllers…....
