by David Herries | Oct 17, 2011 | Carbon Inventory, Emissions Trading Scheme, PlotSafe
Interpine is working on PlotSafe templates to allow the electronic data collection of ETS Forest Measurement Approach using New Zealands most used Forest Inventory Software. This generic public template will allow users to collect data on windows mobile handheld...
by David Herries | Sep 14, 2011 | Carbon Inventory, Emissions Trading Scheme, Forest Inventory, PlotSafe
The New Zealand ForestTech 2011 conference was held recently in Rotorua. Interpine’s David Herries presented to the delegates a review of a standardised data collection system for electronic collection, storage and export of carbon forest inventory measurement...
by David Herries | Sep 2, 2011 | Carbon Inventory, Emissions Trading Scheme, Forest Inventory
As of 1 Sept 2011, MAF have now released the New Zealand Emission Trading Scheme Forest Measurement Approach (FMA). Participates can now register to apply for their sample locations, and begin to organise field measurement operations. Interpine has been involved in...
by David Herries | Aug 17, 2011 | Carbon Inventory, Emissions Trading Scheme
The government is providing landowners of eligible pre-1990 forest land with a one-off allocation of free NZ units (NZU’s – the unit of trade in the NZ ETS which represents 1 tonne of CO2 emissions). The deadline for this allocation is 30 November 2011. If you...
by David Herries | Aug 17, 2011 | Log Scaling
Most of NZ’s export logs are scaled and sold in JAS cubic metres. Most involved in the industry will be familiar with JC Ellis and DA Elliot’s publication “Log Scaling Guide for Exporters – FRI Bulletin 221”, which has become the New Zealand...
by David Herries | Aug 17, 2011 | GIS and Mapping, LiDAR, Training
After successfully completing our first Forestry Orientated LiDAR Analysis course to the final year students at the University of Canterbury in June 2011, Interpine is now offering this to the wider industry. This is an introductory course learning how to manipulate...
by David Herries | May 18, 2011 | Forest Inventory, LiDAR
Alvaro Ramirez Carreno recently received the Mary Sutherland award for a student studying Forestry at the Annual NZ Institute of Forestry (NZIF) Conference, held in Auckland in May 2011. Alvaro started with Interpine working within our field inventory operations and...
by David Herries | May 17, 2011 | Forest Inventory, LiDAR
Susana Gonzalez Aracil recently won the NZ Institute of Forestry Annual Conference Student Research Poster Competition. Susana’s poster was based on some of her research work on LiDAR metrics and plot modelling. Susana is completing her internship in New Zealand...
by David Herries | Mar 27, 2011 | Forest Inventory, PlotSafe
A recent minor update to PlotSafe has seen prune height features stand out more to end users in the field. This will enable them to check the prune height carefully through a quick visual glance at the screen. Through user and client feedback we recognise pruned parts...
by David Herries | Mar 24, 2011 | Carbon Inventory, Emissions Trading Scheme, LUCAS
Interpine is set to continue working with the Ministry for the Environment (MFE) to implement a planted forest inventory system for carbon monitoring. Previous planted forest measurement season were completed in 2007,2008 and 2010 by Interpine on plantation forests...