Custom Tools for Urban Forestry Nonprofits and Outreach July 12, 2016

Chris Peiffer

Presented by:

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Plan-It Geo welcomes you to … Custom Tools for Urban Forestry Non-Profits and Outreach July 12th, 2016

GIS/Remote Sensing for Forestry/NR

Software: Urban Forest Cloud

• Web | Mobile | Desktop

• Subscription and custom apps

• 100+ clients/users

Tree Inventory | Risk Assessment

Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) Assessment

i-Tree Ecosystem Services Analysis

Management Plans

Color-Infrared

Natural Color

LiDAR-based Canopy Analysis

Our Services and Markets


Tree Plotter®

Canopy Planner®

Park Plotter®

Work Order Management®

Native Apps

Custom Apps

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Software Products Overview

1. Software Overview Chris Peiffer (Plan-It Geo, Pennsylvania)

2. Branch Out Campaign Erin Miller (City of Columbus, OH)

3. PlantMOreTrees Tom Ebeling (Forest ReLeaf of Missouri)

4. Urban Forest Cloud Dana Dentice (PA Horticultural Society)

5. Recap and Q&A

Webinar Agenda


Software Overview


Tech Requirements

• Subscription-based

• Web-browser and Cloud-based • Web connection / URL

• No install or other software

• Mobile • Tablets and smartphones

• Map-based • Place tree points on imagery

• Variety of base maps to choose from

• Administration • Manage users and permissions

Web/Mobile Tree Inventory Components

Tools Edit Data Reports

Add / Move Trees

Login

Legend


Data Table Manager

Edit Tree Attributes Basic tree info

Tools in Tree Plotter


Bing

ESRI

Streets

Google

Multiple imagery base maps for different situations (dense canopy, new development, or navigating streets …)

Make Awesome Maps of Your Trees

• Print & save maps

• Customize labels

• Choose position of legend, scale bar, title

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• Use GPS for orientation or to zoom in, not collection

• Click/Tap the map to add new tree point

• x/y coordinate is populated from aerial imagery

Adding Trees

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• Use template then customize data fields and attributes

• Mass Update (New!)

• Export your data for free anytime

Data Collection & Management


Filter: find specific trees

• by Attribute Fields or Map Polygon (or both) • Filters Apply to: the map, data table, exports,

and reports.


Summary Reports & Eco Benefits


Print Reports


• Custom order and table of contents

• Add qualitative comments

Work Order Management


• Add-on module to TP

• Track service requests / print work orders

Non-Profit Organizations


What’s Unique? • Custom applications • Submitting managing

tree applications • Tracking

events/projects • Use of volunteers

and crowdsourcing • Data collection fields

(schema) • End-users

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UP NEXT: Erin Miller, Environmental Steward, City of Columbus, OH

Branch Out Columbus

& Tree Canopy Planning Tool

• 22% tree canopy (31,171 acres) with 63% possible.

• Providing $12.1 million value annually

• Under threat, EAB etc. anticipate 200,000 trees will be lost

• Low income areas have less trees • 60,000 acres of land available

(PPA)- mostly private property • Set a goal to 27% canopy by

2020= 300,000 medium sized trees need planted.

Use Canopy Planner Tool to: • Track tree plantings- connect to web form • View tree canopy data spatially and download data • View tree planting events and where trees have been planted and species

breakdown. • Prioritize planting areas and identify neighborhoods for tree give-a-ways

• For example, we looked at neighborhood scale and selected those with UTC of 15% or less; with a PPA veg. acreage over 100 and weight settings of urban heat island as high priority; stormwater reduction, energy savings, water quality as medium priority and connectivity as low priority.

• Reduced choices from 200+ neighborhoods to 7.

Erin Miller, Environmental Steward, Office of Environment

614-645-0815 or [email protected]

Next Up: Tom Ebeling, Community Forester, Forest ReLeaf of Missouri

Plant MOre Trees

Mapping Missouri’s Trees

Tom Ebeling Community Forester

http://pg-cloud.com/PlantMOreTrees/

www.moreleaf.org [email protected]

Partners Initial funding for this project was provided by a MDC TRIM

grant, with additional financial and in-kind support from PlanIT-GEO

The City of Richmond Heights. MCFC Communications Committee




http://www.moreleaf.org/

http://www.moreleaf.org/

A 20/20 Vision : Plant One Million Trees by 2020

History Gene Brunk’s vision to plant

enough trees on 79% of the vacant public space (2010 MDC 44 community survey).

Create a means to get communities involved and excited about urban tree planting!

Similar initiatives in other states and cities.

Rallying cry for community forestry!

Tree Plotting Tool

Problem: How do we keep track of a million trees?

Solution: Plant More Trees! Created by Plan-It Geo based on Tree Plotter software

User friendly GIS interface

Tree Plotting Tool

Custom Functions:

Create projects and plot individual trees

Create an organization that projects can be attributed to

Add photos of tree and planting site

Visit sites on Google Street View

Record useful data (e.g. species, size at planting, stock type)

Produce statistics (diversity, health, ecosystem benefits)

Tree Plotting Tool

Fun map features! Layers

Statistics

Map Sources

Ecosystem Services & Benefits

* Based on i-Tree Tools

Techie Details

Smartphone, tablet or desktop Web connection required Browser-based (URL); no install No GIS or GPS software needed

* Simplified interface on phones

Why YOUR Tree Counts!

Plant MOre Trees has Multiple Uses Currently being used as inventory tool by Drury University in Springfield,

MO.

Why YOUR Tree Counts!

Plant MOre Trees has Multiple Uses Creates a statewide “call to action” and provides incentives for the public

to plant thousands of trees.

The tool gathers valuable urban forest data for use now and in the future.

The program is another way to build a network of tree advocates and educate the public about community forestry.

FRM uses app to track new planting projects

Private businesses can use the tool for marketing purposes.

Next Up: Dana Dentice, PHS Plant One Million Manager

Urban Forest Cloud

https://pg-cloud.com/phs/

PHS Urban Forest Cloud Dana Dentice Plant One Million Manager, ISA Certified Arborist [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society connects

people with horticulture, and together we create

beautiful, healthy and sustainable communities.

PHS Urban Forestry

Programs

Since 1993, PHS Tree Tenders has trained 4,500 volunteers to plant, monitor (Tree Checkers) and care for +20,000 trees

Multi-state initiative to educate and mobilize volunteers throughout the region to plant, count and tend trees with goal to restore canopy to 30%

Partnership to reverse the loss of tree cover in southeast PA through Tree Tenders and TreeVitalize Watersheds riparian plantings

PHS Tree Checkers

• Tracking tree health and stewardship data

• Tree care action and reminders

• Engaging homeowners

• Tree Tenders address issues (pruning, weeds)

• Goal: collect quality data to evaluate tree performance and success of Tree Tenders program

Before the Urban Forest Cloud…

• Word/pdf application forms

• Application and tree data manually entered and maintained in many spreadsheets by PHS, city street tree inspectors and Tree Tenders groups

• Data not housed in a central location nor in consistent format- lots of time prepping data for archival and analysis!

• No easy way to join tree health data back to planting records

• No system in place for systematically tracking a tree’s maintenance or growth history

• Not much of our tree data has been mapped accurately or in one dataset

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PHS Urban Forest Cloud

Tabular/map interfaces Import/export/update Stats and reports Printing maps Advanced filter Interactive legend

4 planting programs Historical and future data

on trees, projects and orgs Online application forms

A web-based and mobile device friendly application for collecting and managing tree planting data using Tree Plotter software

User Groups

Public can request trees or view map without account

3 login levels for users – different editing privileges 1. PHS admin, external admin (County

Conservation Districts) 2. Tree Tenders group leaders, Watershed grant

applicants 3. Other Tree Tenders, Phila Street Tree

Inspectors

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Apply for trees online Map tree location Electronic signature Automatic email notification Approve applications online

Online Forms

Add species and event time/date via Look Up Table Editor Create tree species availability table (dynamic) Confirmation email

Tree Giveaways & Table Editor

PHS Tree Checkers

• Collecting tree health and maintenance data via mobile device

• Save photos

• Long-term monitoring (growth rate)

Live Demo of Urban Forest Cloud





Table, forms, tree points, and charts all integrated View, sort, filter, edit, data Manage and sort by field Filter by map Mass update

Data Table Management

4) Make updates

5) Import to app

3) Export spreadsheet

Import / Export Data

2) Protect/omit/order fields

1) Select trees

Select multiple fields Or filter within the map View and edit trees that meet criteria

Advanced Filter

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View trees by: Tree Tenders Group Species Status Season

Interactive Legend

Program Stats

Lessons Learned

Document your data and workflow in detail Establish a consistent system for tracking bugs and updates The more simple your tool, the better for all

Enhancements

Integrate City of Phila tree planting and parcel data Incorporate tree benefit summaries and forecasts User wizard tool (describes process) Tree species selection resources Enhanced for long-term tree monitoring Editable online forms and confirmation emails Attach documents to trees/projects Additional custom reports and charts

Dana Dentice Plant One Million Manager, PHS [email protected] 215-988-1618

Questions?


mailto:[email protected]




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Recap & Resources

1. Tree Plotter main page, resources: i. http://www.planitgeo.com/#!new-tree-plotter/c12n

ii. Recorded webinars iii. Short how-to videos iv. FAQs and user guide v. Phone/email support

2. Quarterly Training Webinar 3. All webinars: http://www.planitgeo.com/#!webinars/cfzv

App URLs for Non-profits: i. Demo App: https://pg-cloud.com/tpDemo ii. Columbus, OH: https://pg-cloud.com/columbus/ iii. Forest ReLeaf: https://pg-cloud.com/PlantMOreTrees/ iv. Urban Forest Cloud: https://pg-cloud.com/phs/ i. Others:

Presenters app featured in SMA: https://issuu.com/planitgeoissuu/docs/online_tree_planting-plan-it-geo_ia Keep Indianapolis Beautiful: https://pg-cloud.com/KIB/

www.planitgeo.com | [email protected]

http://www.planitgeo.com/#!new-tree-plotter/c12n





http://www.planitgeo.com/#!webinars/cfzv

https://pg-cloud.com/tpDemo



https://pg-cloud.com/columbus/




https://pg-cloud.com/PlantMOreTrees/








https://issuu.com/planitgeoissuu/docs/online_tree_planting-plan-it-geo_ia








https://pg-cloud.com/KIB/





Chris Peiffer, Urban Forester and Business Developer

(717) 579-9890 | [email protected]

Erin Miller, Environmental Steward, Columbus, OH

[email protected]

Tom Ebeling, Community Forester, Forest ReLeaf of MO

[email protected]

Dana Dentice, PHS Plant One Million Manager

[email protected]

Plan-It Geo: A geospatial technology, software, consulting, and planning firm specializing in urban natural

resource management.

[email protected] www.planitgeo.com

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