CO-TreeView: The First Statewide Online Urban Tree Inventory Application

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Presented by:Keith Wood, Colorado State Forest Service

http://cotreeview.com/ (based on Tree Plotter v2. software)

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Introduction The Inspiration for CO-TreeView

www.coloradotrees.org

Attack of the Green Reaper

No EAB Were Harmed During Filming (photo by Russell Carr)

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Introduction•

Highlights:- Free, public, web-based tool in response to EAB- Proactive, data-driven forest management

- Upload inventory shapefile or manually create

- Registration required

• Statewide aggregation• Compare to other

communities• Use as your community’s

inventory software• Or, upload data and use the

tools• Funding• Research

• U.S. urban tree species composition and distribution

• Ash wood volume and quality for wood utilization

Benefits Summary (aka ‘The Silver Lining’)

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Introduction

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App Overview

CO-TreeView Version 2Agenda

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COTV Technologies and Requirements For Using As a Data Collection Tool

• Web browser-based• Internet connection required• No installation or extra software• Tablets/mobile

• Map-based• Plot tree points on aerial imagery

• Open Source Technologies (Bing, ESRI, Google)

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App Overview

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Meet our Staff

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Tree Plotter Basics

Tree Plotter Functionality

Client Showcase

Product Levels

Future Webinars &

Development

Questions & Tablet Drawing

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The Basics

Only Basic Data Fields

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Change Feature Symbols, Colors, etc.

Change the symbols to a variety of shapes, colors, and outlines that best represent your data and base map

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Make Awesome Maps of Your Trees• Printed files are stored in image downloads• Create labels that stand out against the base

map• Choose position of legend, scale bar, and title

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“Tree Dashboard” Stats

Clicking the Stats button will bring the following tabs:

• By the Numbers for quick stats by various fields

• Charts and Graphs: “themes” of predetermined graphs to view and download for presentations and analysis

• Pie chart vs. bar graphs (tables coming)

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• Diversity of existing and new tree inventories• Condition classes of trees and

public information• Canopy studies, Urban FIA

compatibility• Updates, Maintenance and

Funding

Challenges with statewide mapping of urban trees

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Thank you!

Angela Poulson, Indep. Contractor, Communications/Forestryangelapoulson@msn.com

Keith Wood, UCF Coordinator, CO State Forest ServiceKeith.Wood@colostate.edu

Ian Hanou, Owner and Director, Business Development(303) 503-4846 | IanHanou@PlanItGeo.com