[ForestryTools] Forestry-Toolkit Structure

Tue Aug 6 04:57:17 PDT 2013

Abdoul,

No worries. I think we've all fell into the busy spell. Some forestry
legislation was recently changed here that's thrown us all into a bit of
extra work.

In either case, as soon as some of you get a chance to digest some of those
suggestions and improve my work, I think we can begin moving a little more
forward on divvying up the various necessary elements.

Cheers!

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

On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 4:33 AM, Abdoul O. Dia <dia.abdoul at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi Lee,
>
> Sorry for the responding delay. I've been so overloaded these last weeks.
> I'm back now and I'll have some time to work on our project. I'll rework
> your design picture so I'll put it on the git hub as well suggest an
> interface design that we can share.
>
> All the best
>
> Abdoul
>
> Le 2013-06-20 12:05, Lee a écrit :
>
>  Thanks Abdoul,
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>  How are others feeling? Thoughts? How can we refine my proposed framework?
>
>
> --
> All the best,
> Lee
> ISA Certified Arborist MI-4148A
> Registered Forester #46043
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Abdoul O. Dia <dia.abdoul at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  Hi Lee,
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> Abdoul
>>
>>
>>
>> Le 2013-06-16 13:00, Lee a écrit :
>>
>>  Let's see if this works. I'm not sure the mailing list likes
>> attachment.
>>
>>  Please confirm if this is working or not. If it isn't, I can host the
>> pdf/image somewhere else.
>>
>>
>> --
>> All the best,
>> Lee
>> ISA Certified Arborist MI-4148A
>> Registered Forester #46043
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Jake Maier <j.m at jmforestry.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Lee, I think I didn’t get the attachment.
>>>
>>> Again thank you for facilitating.
>>>
>>> Jake
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* forestrytools-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:
>>> forestrytools-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Lee
>>> *Sent:* Friday, June 14, 2013 10:44 AM
>>> *To:* ForestryTools List
>>> *Subject:* Re: [ForestryTools] Forestry-Toolkit Structure
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Did anyone have a chance to view the attachment? Any thoughts? I'm in no
>>> way a software engineer.
>>>
>>> Thanks guys, have yourself a great weekend!
>>>
>>> On Jun 6, 2013 6:04 PM, "Lee" <muellerl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> whoops. Wrong version of the map.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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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