Island Lescure

International Society of Arboriculture > Publications > Arboriculture & Urban Forestry WWW.ISA-ARBOR.COM Not sure people are aware but these are now free.

I suppose it depends what you are doing and what you need out of it. Have you thought of using QGIS instead? I have PT mapper pro but I also QGIS for certain things. In the field I can use Qfield which integrates with QGIS through a cloud service. Free and open source (although Qfield has some commercial aspect to it now as it just went out of beta). Here's a bit about it I did to try to explain it to a potential client: Shared album - Island Lescure - Google Photos PHOTOS.APP.GOO.GL And how a contractor would use it:

Thanks Steve. Seems I was over estimating. When would you carry out multiple level scans, apart from when wanting to show a 3d image of the inside? When you are not sure of the reading output of one level? Or when the reading comes out different to what you expected? Thanks again

Hi, In India. Imagine a place where arboriculture basically doesn't exist. Horticulturist are still specifying works to trees (if you are lucky). Think topping, hacking, trenching, with blunt objects. So, not much demand for tomographs... As it happens, I have been requested to perform advanced assessments on 30 trees. I have done one resistograph reading and assisted some guys with an arbotom long ago. We can rent the gear from the forest department (they are not qualified in arboriculture so they can't do the job but I guess they liked how shiny the tools were). I have been asked to provide a quote where I haven't seen the trees and wont until we do the work. I will be providing a cost per tree per assessment conducted decided onsite after the initial visual assessment (separate cost for visual, cost for arbotom, cost for resistograph). Yes, it probably sounds mad to quote like this but it sounds better than just giving a blanket quote for all 30 trees in one go. Yes, it will be a steep learning curve. I will be getting training in the devices prior to their use. It will be great to compare my visual assessment skills, or not, to the tomograph readings. Did I mention that we don't have any information on important tree decay fungi here in India? So, the question: How much time per tree, averageish, for the tomograph? Including report and visuals? I understand that it can vary a lot. I am trying to get some idea of the size of these trees sent to me. They have been chosen because people think they need to be evaluated... What about the resistograph? Thanks for any inputs Island

Depends (as usual). Here, south east India, it sometimes happens that an ant colony excavates fast enough that a tree can't react with the void being created around its root plate fast enough and then the tree can fail or just partially fail. Most of the time it is fine. Plenty of colonies just at the base of trees. Only seen smaller trees affected (<20cm dia). Anyway, Indian context so it might not be relevant, but might be of interest.

@Mark Bolam Ended up using this method. Only change was to use a piece of metal fashioned into a "J" that could go in the loop one way but not the other way. That way, there is no chance of it coming undone. Although not retrievable, worked well. Thanks. Banner content was along the lines of "respect people".

Not sure yet, but it is for a good cause😉

So I have been asked to perform the magic "putting a rope up a tree" to put up some banners. No ladders around and the rope shouldn't be just attached to the base of the tree (so people can't just untie the banners). I haven't climbed in years so haven't had my head in knots for ages but I can't think how one could do that. Any ideas? (Think night operation, minimal gear) Cheers, Island

By chance I was on Arbtalk for nostalgia's sake. Nice to hear you guys are still benefiting from the book! @gand@Steve Bullman

Thank you. Yes, currently in the process but the real bugbear now is the, not very delicate, Gov.

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There are definitely some hippies, as everywhere else, but the majority are just people trying to make a better world?

A documentary that was made to show the work done over 50 years. Full version available for free due to these events. Ever Slow Green (2020) - IMDb WWW.IMDB.COM Ever Slow Green: Directed by Christoph Pohl. Ever Slow Green tells the story of a 50-years-young tropical forest that evolved...

Seems to follow me around. Similar to the Sheffield Chainsaw massacre. Don't really know what to say anymore. In court to stop people who insist on progress by demolishing living assets: Timeline of events of December 2021 in Auroville - Stand for Auroville Unity STANDFORAUROVILLEUNITY.COM Scenes of chaos have been playing out since the 4th of December 2021 over imposed urban planning measures that... Pétition · SOS from Auroville: The City of Dawn needs your help urgently! · Change.org WWW.CHANGE.ORG Auroville, an experimental universal township situated in Tamil Nadu, South India, is calling for your urgent support. Scenes... Please inform yourself and support if you agree. Thanks, Island

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