urban forest strike team team leader – equipment & data

Urban Forest Strike Team Team Leader – Equipment & Data

Urban Natural Resources Institute

April 21, 2011

Dudley R. Hartel, Center Manager

Eric Kuehler, Technology Transfer Specialist

Allen Smith, GIS Specialist, Texas Forest Service

Urban Forestry South

Athens, Georgia

Urban Forest Strike Team

USDA FS, Region 8Southern Research StationUrban Forestry SouthUSDA FS, Northeastern Area

Southern Group of State Foresters

Open source softwareUFST Advisory Committee

UFST Webinar Series

Team Leader – Equipment & Data (April 21st) Task Specialist – Reintroduction (May 12) Task Specialist – Tree Risk (June 2) State Agencies – UFST Response Role (July 14) U&CF Coordinators – First 72 Hours+ (August 11) Task Specialist – Mobilization (September 8) UFST – Safety (October 13) UFST – Program Status (November 10) Team Leader – Lessons Learned (December 8)

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Webinar Outline

UFST IT Equipment Laptop(s) Software Folder & Data Naming

UFST GPS Data Collection TDS Nomad Setup SoloForest Feature File

Reports Daily (Maps & Lists) Final

UFST IT Equipment

IT Equipment Laptops (2) TDS Nomad GPS (6) Printer (1) Flat Screen Monitor (1) External Hard Drive (1) USB Flash Drives (2 – 32Gbyte)

UFST IT Equipment

Laptops (2)

UFST IT Equipment

Laptops (2)

UFST IT Equipment

Laptops (2)

UFST IT Equipment

Laptops (2)

UFST Software

Open Source Basic document creation & handling Internet

Licensed Operating system – Windows 7 Virus detection

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UFST Data Protocol

Hierarchy of Folders

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UFST Data Protocol

Hierarchy of Folders

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TDS Nomad GPS

Quick Start Guide overview SoloForest software demonstration Feature File review and editing

[Refer to Quick Start Guide for Using TDS NOMAD GPS Equipment

UFST Maps & Reports

Daily (TL & team) progress maps summaries of daily briefings tree inventory summaries

Final Deliver to Municipality overall map of areas street inventory summary tree list by street and block ad-hoc for municipaily & FEMA

UFST Maps & Reports

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UFST Maps & Reports

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UFST Maps & Reports

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Allen SmithGIS Specialist

lasmith@tfs.tamu.edu

Texas Forest ServiceLongview, Texas

Dudley R. HartelCenter Manager

dhartel@fs.fed.us

Eric KuehlerTechnology Transfer Specialist

ekuehler@fs.fed.us

Urban Forestry SouthAthens, Georgia

www.UFST.org