<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks Abdoul,<br><br>I'm in agreement. I think it's a good idea to nail down this design/framework before going too far. I'm not sure what the best way to collaborate on that is, other than for you guys to propose your own "pictures" based on my start. <br>
<br>For the most part, I created the attached image to initiate discussion. When it comes to software design and build, I make a much better soldier than a general. So, chiefly, I look to those of you who are most experienced to set the right direction of this project.<br>
<br>On a last note, I do think it is important during this process that we "think small." I ascribe to the belief that we should "release early and often." For the initial programming, we should look to have the smallest workable components. Hopefully then we can generate interest, and build community working towards a more robust product.<br>
<br></div>How are others feeling? Thoughts? How can we refine my proposed framework?<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>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Abdoul O. 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">
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<div>Hi Lee,<br>
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The attachment works well for me. For your previous questions, I
still believe that we should spend a bit of time on the design to
make sure that we are heading into the right direction and avoid
leaving important things a side. We could improve the framework
that you've suggested. What do you think guys?<br>
<br>
Abdoul<br>
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Le 2013-06-16 13:00, Lee a écrit :<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Let's see if this works. I'm not sure the mailing
list likes attachment.
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<div>Please confirm if this is working or not. If it isn't, I
can host the pdf/image somewhere else.</div>
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-<font>-<br>
All the best,<br>
Lee<br>
ISA Certified Arborist MI-4148A<br>
Registered Forester #46043</font><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Jake
Maier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:j.m@jmforestry.com" target="_blank">j.m@jmforestry.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Lee,
I think I didn’t get the attachment. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Again
thank you for facilitating.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Jake</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:forestrytools-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">forestrytools-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:forestrytools-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">forestrytools-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lee<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 14, 2013 10:44 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ForestryTools List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ForestryTools]
Forestry-Toolkit Structure</span></p>
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<p>Did anyone have a chance to view the attachment?
Any thoughts? I'm in no way a software engineer.</p>
<p>Thanks guys, have yourself a great weekend!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Jun 6, 2013 6:04 PM, "Lee"
<<a href="mailto:muellerl@gmail.com" target="_blank">muellerl@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">whoops. Wrong version of
the map.</p>
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--<br>
All the best,<br>
Lee<br>
ISA Certified Arborist MI-4148A<br>
Registered Forester #46043</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at
5:13 PM, Lee <<a href="mailto:muellerl@gmail.com" target="_blank">muellerl@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm not sure the list
will accept attachments, but let's give
this a go.</p>
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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. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<br>
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Yellow - User input / handled
externally.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Blue - Internal to
Forestry Toolkit</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Green -
Output<br>
No color - Handled completely outside
QGIS/Forestry-Toolkit</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So, to dissect what's
happening:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. The user takes a
forest parcel and uses Forestry-Toolkit
to generate inventory plots.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2. The user goes and
collects the information in the field.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3. The user enters
the data into an excel spreadsheet or
other format which will output a CSV.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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). </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">6. Forestry Toolkit
will run inventory data for each stand.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">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?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Basically,
do we want to move forward with this
"design" and better assign some tasks?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let's come to a
consensus. I'm trying to facilitate, not
lead.<br clear="all">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
--<br>
All the best,<br>
Lee<br>
ISA Certified Arborist MI-4148A<br>
Registered Forester #46043</p>
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