TTHman

I've registered Treethermography not to avoid people using it but to state that I have introduced it. TTH is not registered.

Andrew, Just a few comments. I don’t want to start any controversy. I don’t understand what you say in your first paragraph. To be precise, my method was first called Thermography (Thermography-aided tree assessment) now Treethermography (TTH), not Tree Thermography. Let me tell you that some of the factors your software modeling can inform on were not only known to me and colleagues some 10 years ago, but one was even mentioned in the late 1960s in an American publication describing a helicopter-flown application of Thermography to trees. That’s why, unfortunately, I do not understand the potential of your “specialist software” and I do not use it (nor do I feel the need to), but the few articles that you’ve published have not cleared my mind. I’ve passed on your contact details to the two Australian Arborists that attended my course, however when they collected information on UK-base Thermography they were not terribly impressed by what they found, that’s why they decided to attend my course.

Dear Tony, thank you for your summary. I would only like to add a short comment. Rather than reminding people that the companies that present TI in the UK were not representing TI at the conference, I was surprised of their absence. It is true that I am not a salesman, I do not sell apparatuses and I haven’t filled my website with prices and costs for my services, but if someone wants to follow a course (as the two Australian Arborists) or do a refresher, I have no difficulty to oblige, against payment, of course.

Hello everybody, as I told in Manchester, I've inserted the slides of my presentation in my website at Homepage Catena & Thermography "Treethermography" since 1984

Does someone recognise the species of this mushroom? The tree should be a Fagus. Thanks Fungo Olanda.doc

I want to add that my original post was too long for ARBTALK rules and I had to shorten it twice (30% less in total): because of this my answers could appear not exhaustive.

Dear Tony Sorensen (but also ScottF and others), I had prepared a shorter reply, but then I thought that it was better to provide an accurate and complete reply. I understand your point of view, but I would like to stress that I have never advertised, or hyped anything, if not by publishing articles reviewed by Referees in various journals, and taking part in International Congresses: up to a few days ago no one could have found my comments in any Forum, blog and the like. For precision's sake, the 2008 article is a reworking of 2 presentations that I delivered for the TEP in 2005 in Richmond Park and Fountains Abbey.

I was told that Thermography and Giorgio Catena were mentioned in this forum, but I’ve never known this. I’ve now noticed that two different Threads have published the link to my recently launched website (Homepage Catena & Thermography "Treethermography" since 1984). I would like to introduce my site, as I already did elsewhere, to avoid any misunderstanding. Anyone interested in Thermography used to assess trees will find technical information, a description of Treethermography and its potential, downloadable publications in English and French and a list of the main projects carried out over the years. I think that this will clarify a lot of things. The site presents the situation as it is today (2010): there are 18 publications in English on trees, some were published in International journals, others (written in English) published on Italian technical ones (without peer reviewing) and are added to the website to let visitors examine as many trees as possible. Take no notice in the method’s description, the way it is presented and in the Conclusions: what my assistant Lanfranco Palla and I had understood 25 years ago is really irrelevant if compared to what my daughter and I know and explain today. Someone made a critical exam of certain sentences that my daughter Alessandra wrote in the 2003 Arb. Journal article: well, I’m sorry, but that article described our viewpoint in 2000: even the 2008 paper is a bit out-of-date. Research goes on and brings with it a better understanding of the phenomenon. If anyone wants, I can teach the method, which is not as difficult as some believes. You only need to dedication and ability. Feel free to write to me and I’ll try and respond ASAP. Regards, Giorgio Catena NB Treethermography is a registered trademark, not to prevent anyone from using it but to make sure everyone knows who introduced it: I’m not against Threethermography being used, even only as TTH