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 | 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 | 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 | Jun 23, 2017 | Harvesting, STICKS, Value Recovery
#Forest #harvester system management through Interpine’s ForestPHD #STICKS Cloud Service. We are hosting an industry user workshop today at @ToiOhomai Forestry School in Rotorua. With some 20 million m3 of wood supply in STICKS over the last couple of years,...
by David Herries | May 24, 2017 | Company Updates, GIS and Mapping, Harvesting, LiDAR, PlotSafe, UAV's / Drones, Valuation, Value Recovery, YTGEN
Great to again be participating in another #careers #expo, this time in Hawkes Bay promoting the #forest industry with the Hawkes Bay #ForestryGroup (collective of forest companies in the region) and our Interpine team to our next generation of forest scientists,...
