[ForestryTools] Forestry-Toolkit Structure

[Lee]

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.
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> All the best,
> Lee
> ISA Certified Arborist MI-4148A
> Registered Forester #46043
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> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Lee <muellerl at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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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