Surveying setup. Too much choice?

[Island Lescure]

Cheers 10 bears! Just to clarify: "One simple and cheap option is to plot out your site maps in QGIS (before you get to site), take a clipboard and plot them straight onto your prepared map eg T1, T2, T3 etc. to relate to your data sheet." You mean get the gis/cad ordinance map, print it out and then on site add in the tree locations onto the map?

[10 Bears]

Yes that's the simplest way to do it. Then go back to the office, plot them on your digital map in your PC, then put the finished article in your report. No need for a GPS.

[Island Lescure]

Sounds like a plan cheers!

[tree79]

you can download mapmaker (basic) for free, its easy to use, the only thing ive found with it, is its hard to get the correct size tree symbol and number ref, but that's probably just me

[10 Bears]

Do you know, I don't think it's you. I trialled mapmaker and also found it very cumbersome to use.

 

Also it's a simple computerised cartography program, not a GIS, so doesn't allow detailed analysis of your data should you need to.

[openspaceman]

Do you know, I don't think it's you. I trialled mapmaker and also found it very cumbersome to use.

 

Also it's a simple computerised cartography program, not a GIS, so doesn't allow detailed analysis of your data should you need to.

 

What makes you say that? Any of the information relating to an object can be dealt with in a database, what sort of analysis are you looking for?

 

Having said that I'm sure the bespoke arb software must be better but I have always managed with Mapmaker pro.

[Paul Barton]

Island - in case you haven't seen, I am aiming to run a one day seminar on software for tree surveys later this year via CAS: http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/cas/85956-gis-cad-seminar-your-thoughts.html#post1289465

[Island Lescure]

Island - in case you haven't seen, I am aiming to run a one day seminar on software for tree surveys later this year via CAS: http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/cas/85956-gis-cad-seminar-your-thoughts.html#post1289465

 

Please let me know the details when they get finalized and I will be there. Cheers!