The Evolving Role of Foresters in a Tech-Driven World
The forester’s role isn’t disappearing, its rapidly changing. Over the next five to ten years, technology will shift the job from boots-on-the-ground data collection and monitoring toward data interpretation, strategic decision making, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. The forester will need to know how to leverage technology on the job to get results faster, safer, and with…
Optimizing Timber Inventory Data with PostgreSQL
Timber inventory (i.e., timber cruise) data can be stored in various ways. I find that it’s best to store this type of data in a relational database. A Geospatial database is another suitable choice after the data is cleaned and ready for analysis. Processing bottlenecks can occur when timber cruising contractors collect and send cruise…
Extract Data from Photos
This article is similar to an earlier post titled Mapping Geotagged Photos that explains how to map photo locations using ArcGIS Online. This version will be more technical, but provide flexibility for what data to extract and the output format (eg. stored to a database or local file). If you are searching for a programmatic…
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