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 | Dec 18, 2018 | Harvesting, Training, UAV's / Drones, Value Recovery, YTGEN
Developing tree breakage models is a key parameter in the modelling of forest yield. To model the height at which a stem breaks during harvesting and before log-making can start, allows for correct allocation of recoverable stem volume in which logs can be made...
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 | 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 | 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.
