by admin | Mar 11, 2023 | Forest Health, Forest Inventory, Harvesting, Log Measurement, UAV's / Drones, Valuation, Value Recovery
Using AI to detect windthrow or toppled trees and quantify damage across a stand can allow forest managers to understand the next steps. In this example, a heatmap on the damaged windthrown stems per hectare is provided using down-tree detection using deep learning....
by admin | Mar 6, 2023 | Forest Inventory, Harvesting, Log Measurement, UAV's / Drones
Objective Quantify woody debris / slash content along the coastal, and inland catchment areas, characterizing it by woody debris source or type, volume per hectare, and the total volume accumulated. Sampling Methodology Review Line Intercept Sampling Plots Due to the...
by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | Forest Inventory, Log Measurement, Uncategorised
Automated Sweep Measurement Project Forest Growers Research and Interpine have joined to help harvesting operations to face some big challenges now and in the future. These include labour shortages, rising costs reducing competitive advantages, increasing barriers to...
by admin | Jun 8, 2020 | Carbon Inventory, Forest Inventory, Log Measurement, Log Scaling, LUCAS, PlotSafe
Our team are reviewing the latest Juniper Systems device for Forest Inventory, Conservation projects and Log Scaling operations. Juniper Allegro’s have been a goto device for rugged forestry applications and it is great to have the latest version running Android...
by David Herries | Apr 14, 2020 | Company Updates, Forest Inventory, Log Scaling, Staff, Training
We are in our 3rd week of COVID-19 Level 4 here in New Zealand. As a business we are focused on taking this opportunity to Build a Stronger Team. Our operational staff are focused on Online #Forest #Training using #MicrosoftTeams to connect and work through...
by David Herries | Jul 18, 2017 | Forest Inventory, GIS and Mapping, Harvesting, Log Scaling, UAV's / Drones, Value Recovery
The Interpine #UAV #Drone continue to innovate around the use of structure from motion 3D modelling. In this case we show some examples of modelling tree structure and resulting stem volume / form, which are important in the forest yield modelling calculations. Doing...
by David Herries | Jul 18, 2017 | Forest Inventory, Harvesting, LiDAR, Log Measurement, UAV's / Drones, Valuation
The Interpine #UAV #Drone continue to innovate around the use of structure from motion 3D modelling. In this case we show some examples of modelling tree structure and resulting stem volume / form, which are important in the forest yield modelling calculations. Doing...
by David Herries | Aug 28, 2015 | Harvesting, Log Defect Measurement, Logmaker Auditing, STICKS, Value Recovery
Designing cutting instructions for harvesters is still something many forest owners and managers in New Zealand and Australia are still learning. Part of this learning is the use of Simulators from the harvester machine manufacturers. By using a simulator to help in...
by David Herries | Jun 30, 2015 | Cloud Services, GIS and Mapping, Harvesting, Log Scaling, STICKS, Value Recovery
Interpine recently hosted a workshop on harvester data management at Waiairki Institute of Technology (WIT). 36 attended from forest companies, consultants, contractor entities, machine manufacturers (SATCO, Woodsman, SouthStar and LogMax) and academia from University...
by Goetz Roth | 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...
