<div dir="ltr"><div>Hey Abdoul,<br><br>My apologies for not responding sooner. We had a small flood here which affected a lot of my projects. It's definitely the forestry busy season.<br><br></div>Have you registered on the mailing list associated with this project? That might be a good place to start.<br>
<br>The short answer to your questions is that there's been very little movement on most of these tasks. For the most part, we were in the brainstorming stages and collecting various pieces of existing code when I dropped the ball. That said, it's been on my list to start this again this summer. I'm coming into some spare time, and I really want to push this forward. If you and I moved our conversation to the mailing list, we might be able to re-invigorate interest among the other participants as well.<br>
<br>Do you have any existing code from projects you've worked on that might help? Specifically anything in C++, Python, or that can be easily transferred over? WHat's your experience with QGIS and plugins?<br></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><br>-<font>-<br>All the best,<br>Lee<br>ISA Certified Arborist MI-4148A<br>Registered Forester #46043</font><br></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Abdoul Dia <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dia.abdoul@gmail.com" target="_blank">dia.abdoul@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>Hi Lee,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I've had a glance on the table "<span>Basic Development" on <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:Forestry_Tools" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:Forestry_Tools</a> website. I would like to know who is leading which task and how to get into already set groups and how to move forward. For example, how to know whether the Data Entry task has been started and where the job done is on the track. I'm particularly interested on C1, C2 and D. I could help on others.</span></div>
<div><span></span> </div>
<div><span>All the best</span></div>
<div><span>Abdoul</span></div>
<div> </div>
<div><span>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Task </th>
<th>Item </th>
<th>Description </th></tr>
<tr>
<td>A1 </td>
<td>Database schema </td>
<td>Develop a system for data (chiefly inventory and management prescriptions) that can be stored in a spatial database. </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>A2 </td>
<td>QGIS-Database Link </td>
<td>Link database with QGIS layers to support retrieval and viewing of data within QGIS. </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>B1 </td>
<td>Plot layout </td>
<td>Automatically generate plot points based on user-entered specifications (spacing, random or regular, etc). </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>B2 </td>
<td>Plot-Stand Allocation </td>
<td>Recognize plot location and allocate ownership to appropriate stands. Change if stand location changes. </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>C1 </td>
<td>Volume/Stand Calculations </td>
<td>Develop functions to perform basic forestry calculations. </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>C2 </td>
<td>Table Generation </td>
<td>Use calculations to develop volume tables and stand tables for each stand or defined area. </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>C3 </td>
<td>Report Generator </td>
<td>Output information, tables, and figures into neat report. </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>D </td>
<td>Data Entry </td>
<td>Create system for data/inventory entry and recognition of possible outliers (errors). </td></tr></tbody></table></span>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Task </th>
<th>Item </th>
<th>Description </th></tr>
<tr>
<td>A1 </td>
<td>Database schema </td>
<td>Develop a system for data (chiefly inventory and management prescriptions) that can be stored in a spatial database. </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>A2 </td>
<td>QGIS-Database Link </td>
<td>Link database with QGIS layers to support retrieval and viewing of data within QGIS. </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>B1 </td>
<td>Plot layout </td>
<td>Automatically generate plot points based on user-entered specifications (spacing, random or regular, etc). </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>B2 </td>
<td>Plot-Stand Allocation </td>
<td>Recognize plot location and allocate ownership to appropriate stands. Change if stand location changes. </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>C1 </td>
<td>Volume/Stand Calculations </td>
<td>Develop functions to perform basic forestry calculations. </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>C2 </td>
<td>Table Generation </td>
<td>Use calculations to develop volume tables and stand tables for each stand or defined area. </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>C3 </td>
<td>Report Generator </td>
<td>Output information, tables, and figures into neat report. </td></tr>
<tr>
<td>D </td>
<td>Data Entry </td>
<td>Create system for data/inventory entry and recognition of possible outliers (errors). </td></tr></tbody></table><br><br></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
<div class="gmail_quote">2013/4/12 Lee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:muellerl@gmail.com" target="_blank">muellerl@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr">I'm glad to see you're following the plugin discussions. Initially, I generated a bit of interest in developing some tools. The goal remains to develop a usable open-source alternative for forestry inventory and planning software within the QGIS community. The wiki has some information on our large-scale visioning: <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Forestry_Tools" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Forestry_Tools</a>. I spent some time trying to develop a community and some discourse around what was wanted or desired. Unfortunately, my time has been quite limited and no large-scale development has taken place. That said, I've generally developed personal utilities that i use within the R statistics environment. I'm in the process of migrating those tools over to Python so it might interface with QGIS. <br>
<br>In short, I'm beginning to take the project up again. What's your background in forestry? Do you currently use any utilities or have any personally built material that might dove-tail nicely with a QGIS forestry plugin?<br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all">
<div><br>-<font size="+0">-<br>All the best,<br>Lee<br>ISA Certified Arborist MI-4148A<br>Registered Forester #46043</font><br></div><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Abdoul Dia <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dia.abdoul@gmail.com" target="_blank">dia.abdoul@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">
<div>Dear,<br><br></div>
<div>I've been following your discussions on<font size="+0"><font size="+0"> </font><b>[ForestryTools] QGIS Forestry Plugin</b></font>
<p>and I found it quite interesting. I'm a c++ programmer and forester. I would like to know whether this project is ongoing. Maybe I could be of any help.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Please let me!</p>
<p><br></p>
<p>Greetings<span><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></p></div><span><font color="#888888">
<div>Abdoul<span><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888">
<div>-- <br>Abdoul Ousmane DIA, Ing. f., MSc., Biol.<br></div></font></span></font></span></div></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Abdoul Ousmane DIA, Ing. f., MSc., Biol.<br>
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