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UFORE

UFORE. The i-Tree Shell. What is a “shell”?. General: an interaction between a computer and any other entity (printer, operator, etc.). Windows Explorer Mozilla Firefox Mac Finder Here: a graphical user interface (GUI) that provides access to and exchanges data with UFORE components.

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UFORE

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  1. UFORE The i-Tree Shell

  2. What is a “shell”? • General: an interaction between a computer and any other entity (printer, operator, etc.). • Windows Explorer • Mozilla Firefox • Mac Finder • Here: a graphical user interface (GUI) that provides access to and exchanges data with UFORE components

  3. UFORE Input

  4. Project setup • Project decisions • Q1: Study area • Q2: Sampling type • Q3: Plot number and size • Q4: Options • Q5: Stratification • Details in the Manual http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/syracuse/Pubs/Downloads/gtrne287.pdf

  5. Project setup • Q3: Plot number and size • Number • 30 – low budget, high error • Near ±35%, depending on parameter • 100 – medium budget, medium error • Near ±20%, depending on parameter • 200 – high budget, low error • Near ±12%, depending on parameter • Size • Typically 0.1 acre circle (37.2’ radius) • Other possibilities ( Manual)

  6. Project setup • Q4: Options • Long-Term Data (Permanent plots) • Allow change to be measured carefully • Take longer = cost more • 25-33%, depending on tree density • Ground Cover and Shrubs • Local decision on importance • Hard to calculate function or value

  7. Plot generation I • Need plots distributed randomly inside study area • Three ways • Shell can call automatic plot generator • Shell can be used for manual plot input • Plots can be generated by another program and imported

  8. Automatic Plot Generator • Extension to ArcMap 9.1 • Allows choice of • Plot number • Sampling strategy • Stratification • Must also have Spatial Analyst extension • Generates random plot centers in a GIS • Currently BUGGY!

  9. Manual Plot Generation • Traditional method • Map • Grid/dot overlay • Random number generator • Advantages • Cheap • Does not require software • Disadvantages • Slow

  10. External Plot Generation • Various ways • Another GIS (e.g., ArcView 3.x)1 1unsupported legacy program available • Randomized GPS coordinates w/in domain ( Excel, e.g.) • Municipal software packages • Plots and coordinates can be • Imported into the Shell • Used on the PDA

  11. Plot generation: output • Plot maps • Need to create • Master map of study area for planning • Individual ground maps for crew • Scaled • North oriented • View wide enough to locate reference points, narrow enough to see detail

  12. Data collection I • Means • Paper forms • Copies in Manual, instruction binder and on CD • One set used per plot • PDAs • Pocket PC platform (2002 or 2003 version only) • Much faster and more accurate, once PDAs learned • Can be combined (e.g., use paper on dense plots) • Both launched through Shell

  13. Data collection II • Plot data • Reference points • Utility pole • Hydrant • Etc. • Vegetation • % tree cover • % (im)permeable • % shrub • % plantable • Land use

  14. Data collection II • Optional data • Ground cover types, amounts • Building, turf, bare soil, cement, etc. • Shrub types, amounts • No regression formulae • Describing volumes • Must account for missing leaves

  15. Data Collection II • Tree data NOTE: Tree = any woody vegetation, except vine, with a DBH ≥ 1 inch • If permanent plots: dist./dir. to tree • Species, DBH • Height • Crown depth and width • Crown parameters (dieback, etc.) • Location around buildings • Builds off regression formulae on DBH • See “UFORE Tree Fields” handout

  16. Data Collection II • Most data fields clear to urban foresters • Exceptions: • % Canopy Missing • Crown Light Exposure • Modifications of FIA (Forest Inventory and Analysis) fields

  17. http://www.michiganash.org/publications/AshMonitoringProtocolHandbook.pdfhttp://www.michiganash.org/publications/AshMonitoringProtocolHandbook.pdf

  18. Data collection II • Details on field data in Manual • PDF can be searched for field code on desktop • Can cut codes from Word document, load on to PDA as a file, search in field • Paper form and PDA both coordinate with Manual • Field problems not in Manual: i-Tree support (www.itreetools.org)

  19. Mickey Merritt, Texas Forest Service, *in* some yucky UFORE plot

  20. Outside Exercise • Equipment • Plot map • PDAs • Paper forms • Biltmore sticks or D-Tapes • “UFORE Tree Fields” • Attitude!

  21. UFORE The i-Tree Shell

  22. UFORE Output

  23. AutoTransfer I • Data entry • Paper form data • Enter into Shell with Data Entry application • PDA data • Upload through hot sync to local machine • Both end up in i-Tree Grand Database • In future: data processing will be done on local machine • Now: send to Syracuse FS unit

  24. AutoTransfer II • Field data up • Sent through the shell • Shell launches embedded FTP client • Shell automatically uploads field data • UFORE engine in FS Syracuse calculates • Results down • Notification from Syracuse FS to client • Retrieved through Shell • Downloaded automatically • Imported into Shell

  25. Analysis I • Basic • Fundamental analyses, e.g. • Species, DBH class distributions • Total pollution removal • Net annual C storage/sequestration by DBH class

  26. Analysis III • Analysis (shell) • Shell shows 12 most useful analyses • Automatically executed • Viewing options available • Advanced analyses at user’s command • Dialogue box allows factor by factor analysis • Choice of format (pie, bar, etc.)

  27. Analysis II • Advanced • UFORE code capable of complex analyses • E.g. • Carbon sequestration by DBH class by Land Use • Pollution removal by condition by DBH class • Primarily for researchers

  28. Reporting I • Former detailed • E.g., Brooklyn (2002) • Online: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS64575 • Conceived as a technical scientific report • 68pp of tables • Very time-consuming work

  29. Reporting II • Current enhanced • Texas FS report • Pete Smith et al • Good design • Good web sense • http://www.houstonregionalforest.org/Report/

  30. Reporting III • Report Writer • Will be built into shell • Simple style • Embedded codes pull data from DB of results • In development

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