by admin | Aug 15, 2019 | Forest Inventory, GIS and Mapping
Our GM, David Herries showing Field Mobilty with #ESRI mobile apps, operational dashboards, and use of #webhooks to load data into organisational databases with #Microsoft #Flow with #PowerBI for advanced analysis. #nzeuc ESRI New Zealand Conference 2019.
by admin | Jun 22, 2019 | GIS and Mapping, Training, UAV's / Drones
Another group of 13 #foresters completing their #drone introductory wings badge CAR101 course with our #UAV team and Massey School of Aviation this week. Great to see adoption of drone technology as a tool and the forestry industry leading by example and adopting best...
by David Herries | May 9, 2019 | Forest Inventory, GIS and Mapping, LiDAR, PlotSafe, Training, UAV's / Drones, YTGEN
Full Forest Inventory Tree Assessment using Virtual Reality (VR). Data is collected using LiDAR and then field assessment is done within Virtual Reality. Another iteration in the development of field assessment using VR using a point cloud collected from above...
by David Herries | May 9, 2019 | Forest Inventory, GIS and Mapping, Harvesting, UAV's / Drones, Value Recovery
An example of structure from motion modelling of a forest just prior to harvest. This is a 3D point cloud generated from drone / UAV camera imagery, which is then used in studying the efficiency and productivity of harvesting operations. It is hard to step back and...
by David Herries | Apr 11, 2019 | GIS and Mapping, LiDAR
Our team is excited this month to be starting the acquisition and processing of 1.35 million hectares of #LiDAR across #Victoria #Australia. This data-set will support updates to mapping old growth #forests and #rainforest throughout #Victoria for Department of...
by David Herries | Apr 5, 2019 | GIS and Mapping, UAV's / Drones, Wildfire
Patrick de Jong in our team presenting use of Esri #GIS during the Nelson Fires this last summer at the #ESRI Regional User Conference in Whakatane, April 2019. A great insight into the importance of GIS in emergencies and how our remote sensing team are...
by David Herries | Mar 8, 2019 | GIS and Mapping, UAV's / Drones, Wildfire
So proud of our women, working to help our communities during the recent 2019 Nelson fires, from Sarah being part of the Incident Management Team as their GIS mapping specialist, to Jayne piloting thermal sensor drones with Amber from Lake Okareka Rural Fire Force...
by David Herries | Feb 24, 2019 | Planet Satellite Imagery, Uncategorised
This web map compares Pre and Post fire, 3m resolution satellite imagery, of the of the Pigeon Valley Fire 2019, Nelson area. The imagery uses the the near-infrared band. Using this display helps the burnt areas stand out to the naked eye. The deep red colour...
by David Herries | Sep 21, 2018 | Planet Satellite Imagery, UAV's / Drones, Uncategorised, Wildfire
Interpine’s General Manager, David Herries recently took some time out from overseeing Interpine’s Innovative team and deployed into British Columbia, Canada to help with the wildfires over the 2018 summer. Outside of his role with Interpine, David is...
by David Herries | Sep 1, 2018 | Forest Inventory, GIS and Mapping, LiDAR, Uncategorised
The forestry industry has been experimenting with virtual reality in Rotorua this week to develop new ways of measuring tree growth. The University of Tasmania and Interpine are carrying out the research, which is partially funded by Forest and Wood Products...
