Figure 1. The new online application called i-Tree Design was developed to meet the needs of individuals who want to do quick assessments of individual trees. This tool can be used by homeowners, landscape architects, or educators.
Providers of progressive urban forestry management services to a national client base.
Did you know that the US Forest Service shareware I-TREE Streets and ECO:
Figure 2. i-Tree Canopy allows anyone to estimate tree and land cover types without the need for expensive imagery or GIS analysis.
now have the ability to dynamically query and review pest and symptom data records for more in-depth analy- ses of their inventory records. A sample project with i-PED data is now available within Streets. The i-PED protocol is designed to be compatible with any inven- tory system—i-Tree or not—and will be integrated into i-Tree Eco as an optional module in a future version. Numerous online resources are available to assist i- PED users with all project phases and further pest and disease investigation.
i-Tree is in the public domain and is freely accessible by visiting www.itreetools.org.
“Digging into i-Tree” is meant to be an ongoing forum for Scott Maco to field questions from SMA members about the i-Tree suite of tools. Please send general questions you would like answered in this column to digging@itreetools.org.
Note: Questions submitted to the above address will not be answered personally, and not all questions can be addressed in the column. Technical i-Tree support is available by visiting: www.itreetools.org/support.
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Natural Path can map and provide output reports from I-TREE Streets for most municipal tree inventory data in less than one week. Make a difference.
Natural Path Urban Forestry www.naturalpathforestry.com email: natpath@earthlink.net
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