Basic Inventory Tools

•Mobile Community Tree Inventory(MCTI)

•Street Tree Electronic Management System (STEMS)

Collect Data

Use and Integration

PDA Inventory Package

Palm based inventory tool

MCTI Basics

Paper based, via tally sheets

Windows desktop applicaiton

Using a PDA and computer

Three Methods of Implemnentation

Multiple Data Collection Methods

• Paper, via tally sheet

• On a Windows based computer

• Using a computer and a Personal Digital Assistant (Palm Pilot, Handspring, etc.)

• Download Inventory Manual• http://www.umass.edu/urbantree/

palm • Print Paper Tally Sheets• Begin Data Collection in the Field

on Paper Sheets

Getting Started (paper)

Getting Started (computer)

Windows 95 or newer PC

Download and install software

Data entry at your desktop

Desktop Data Entry

Desktop Recap/Review

Customizing MCTI

Allows multiple users

Custom Tree Species Listings

Unique Community ID tags

Getting Started (PDA)

Windows 95 or newer PC

Palm OS PDA w/2mg memory

Install PDA software

Begin your field data collection

MCTI PDA Software

PDA Log In ScreenPDA Log In Screen

MCTI PDA Software

PDA Data Entry ScreenPDA Data Entry Screen

MCTI PDA Software

PDA Data Entry ScreenPDA Data Entry Screen

MCTI PDA Software

PDA Data Entry ScreenPDA Data Entry Screen

MCTI PDA Software

PDA Search ScreenPDA Search Screen

Desktop Syncronization

Species Distribution

Size/Age Distribution

Condition

Planting, Maintenance, and Removal Needs

Status of the Trees/Forest

Reporting

Norway MapleFlowering CrabGreen Ash

Species Distribution

54%32%14%

Condition

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10

Dead Poor Fair Good

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Pruning

Other Maintenance

Removal

Hazard Risk Assessment

Maintenance and Other Needs

Photo courtesy of the USDA Forest Service

Web based distribution

STEMS – Street Tree Electronic Management System

• Maintenance & Management System

• Linked to MCTI Inventory• Provides Work Order Tracking and

Staffing Planning• Multi-platform Implementation

(PDA, Paper, Bar Coding, etc.)• Freeware Distribution

Complaint Reporting

Work Order Generation & Tracking

Address Reporting

Linking to MCTI

Data Maintenance MCTI- STEMS

Training

• Over 130 participants in MCTI training in New England, NY and PA in 2003

• Online User’s Manual

• Web based instructional tutorial under development by Trees NY

www.umass.edu/urbantree/mcti