by Martin Lusk | Dec 15, 2006 | Forest Inventory, PlotSafe, YTGEN
With the release of PLOTSAFE and the RAD05 feature cruising dictionary, the CNI regional YTGEN user group have also released an update to the Forest Inventory Procedures Manual which will help people implement PLOTSAFE and RAD05 with ease. This can be downloaded...
by Martin Lusk | Dec 7, 2006 | Logmaker Auditing
For the past 18 years Interpine Forestry Ltd (IPF) has provided the forest industry with log value recovery services (LVR) beginning with the use of the FRI AVIS program to the now most widely used TIMBERTECH* audit tool. Interpine invested significant resources in...
by Martin Lusk | Oct 15, 2006 | Forest Inventory
Interpine found a real need for a better way of measuring branch size during forest inventory. It is one stem feature which is still very much an eye-omitter classification which can have a big effect on any valuation of the standing resource. This is particularly...
by David Herries | Aug 28, 2006 | FAQ - DataPlus
Posted – 28/08/2006 : 14:44:10 How come i cannot make a column which is set to Auto Data Entry Type of “Auto Line Number” as a KEY Column ? Thought this would be a valid option ? being that this will always be unique....
by David Herries | Aug 8, 2006 | FAQ - DataPlus
I am having problems getting GPS data from a Garmin Etrex into my dataPlus application. I can successfully get the GPS data into DataPlus on my Allegro using GPS expansion pod (com 3) and using a Holux GPS receiver on COM 1 but it does not appear to work with the...
by Martin Lusk | May 7, 2006 | Logmaker Auditing
This article helps receivers of the Log Maker Value Recovery Audit results understand the terminology used and displayed in the audit results. But first an overview of what an LVR audit is…. Overview of a Logmaker / Crew Value Recovery Audit One of our services...
by Martin Lusk | Nov 7, 2005 | Acoustic Wood Testing, Log Defect Measurement, Log Structural Assessment
The use of acoustic technology has been recognized as an accurate, precise, and efficient means by which wood quality can be quantifiably measured (www.metriguard.com/fiber.htm ; Rippy 1998; Baldwin 1995). However, the process of measuring wood quality at the log...
by Martin Lusk | Oct 15, 2005 | Forest Inventory, PlotSafe
PLOTSAFE brings the flexibility to collect multiple overlapping feature codes at the stem level and cruising dictionaries such as RAD05 have been developed to take advantage of these new features. However many users of the current A-Z style single feature dictionary...
by Martin Lusk | Oct 8, 2005 | Company Updates
With cyberspace (“the internet” or “world wide web”) now becoming part of our everyday lives even as foresters, it seems only sensible that we start using the internet to its true potential to help each other on a range of topics. Often we...
by Martin Lusk | Jun 15, 2005 | Forest Inventory, PlotSafe
Silmetra and Interpine Forestry have recently released PLOTSAFE version 1.2. after extensive testing of the beta version in the past 12 months. Over 2500 inventory plots have now been assessed using PLOTSAFE. The developers and the first clients for the product are...
