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 | Jan 24, 2020 | Training, UAV's / Drones
New Year, New Skills? Start using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV / Drones / RPAS) across the forestry, environmental, industrial and rural fire sectors. This 5-day Wings Badge course is a partnership between Massey University School of Aviation and Interpine Innovation...
by David Herries | Jan 20, 2020 | Company Updates, Health and Safety, Staff, Training
Health and Safety Award – Worker Recognition Award presented by Timberlands to Adrian Moke (AJ as we all know him), our Forest Inventory Operations Manager. AJ was 1 of only 4 individuals recognised across all contractors within the Timberlands estate during the...
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 | 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...
