[ForestryTools] Forestry-Toolkit Structure

[Lee]

whoops. Wrong version of the map.


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All the best,
Lee
ISA Certified Arborist MI-4148A
Registered Forester #46043


On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Lee <muellerl at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure the list will accept attachments, but let's give this a go.
>
> I've put together a simple "project map" on how I see the toolkit's
> workflow, at least in my head. I'm looking for feedback and consensus
> moving forward.
>
> I tried to use colors within the idea map to describe another level of
> thinking. I'm not sure how much it worked, but here's the descriptor.
>
> Yellow - User input / handled externally.
> Blue - Internal to Forestry Toolkit
> Green - Output
> No color - Handled completely outside QGIS/Forestry-Toolkit
>
> Essentially, the blue boxes are the operations/utilities we need to build
> within Forestry-toolkit. I've tried to use brackets to describe where some
> of these codes or operations might already partially exist.
>
> For example, in reality, we could just force the user to do their plot
> generation within F-tools. That said, I find F-tools largely inadequate for
> generating the appropriate plots. It's just not simple or straight-forward
> enough to use for most forestry aspects. Which is fine, since it wasn't
> made for that purpose. So we could probably use the  F-tools code, refine
> it, and put it in Forestry-Toolkit for plot generation.
>
> So, to dissect what's happening:
> 1. The user takes a forest parcel and uses Forestry-Toolkit to generate
> inventory plots.
> 2. The user goes and collects the information in the field.
> 3. The user enters the data into an excel spreadsheet or other format
> which will output a CSV.
> 4. Forestry toolkit will connect Plot ID between the plot shapefile and
> inventory CSV. The data will inherit a stand ID from the stand shapefile
> (spatial join).
> 6. Forestry Toolkit will run inventory data for each stand.
>
> Is this making sense? Is this what we want to do? Is there something we
> should adjust? For you software guys, is this the best way of doing it?
>
> Basically, do we want to move forward with this "design" and better assign
> some tasks?
>
> Let's come to a consensus. I'm trying to facilitate, not lead.
>
> --
> All the best,
> Lee
> ISA Certified Arborist MI-4148A
> Registered Forester #46043
>
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