Tree inventory

Following. I've been looking into Arbostar but haven't had a need to pull the trigger yet.

What services are you wanting to capitalize on with it? There is a thread on here about utilizing Google maps as gis/inventory software that has helped me a bit as we grow. When I get more incentive to expand into the real program it'll probably be Arbostar though.
 
Brando CalPankian said:
Following. I've been looking into Arbostar but haven't had a need to pull the trigger yet.

What services are you wanting to capitalize on with it? There is a thread on here about utilizing Google maps as gis/inventory software that has helped me a bit as we grow. When I get more incentive to expand into the real program it'll probably be Arbostar though.
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Using it to set up pruning cycles, areas to be planted, which trees they are heavy on - typically maples!
 
Following.

I’ve researched and demoed TreePlotter. It’s nice, but I’m disappointed that they don’t have an app. I do ALL of my business from my phone or iPad. Their software only works on a browser and that’s a big negative for me especially with their cost.
 
Rooted.Tree.Solutions said:
Following.

I’ve researched and demoed TreePlotter. It’s nice, but I’m disappointed that they don’t have an app. I do ALL of my business from my phone or iPad. Their software only works on a browser and that’s a big negative for me especially with their cost.
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I use it on my mobile phone daily, works fine.
 
Crimsonking said:
I'm looking into offering inventories. Do you guys mind sharing how you calculate rates for this service?
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For me it depends on the size and time. Our little city here is dabbling in it, and I'm cutting them a huge deal for both of us to learn. Day rate isn't a bad idea, or if you know about how many trees piece rate times the level of inspection for inventory. We did the latter when we did the city of Aiken, SC inventory bid for Bartlett. Twas a massive bid
 
Okay, about what I figured. Gonna have to learn my speed as I go and adjust. My plan is to start with basics: height, dbh, general observable health, hazards, priority level, recommendations. I will bill that based on estimated time.

The real question now is how to charge for sustained oversight of property vegetation. My goal is to make quarterly visits to continue observations and update recommendations through each season.
 
Try Google MyMaps, importing a two or more column sheet with a top row of header titles, then taking a screen shot of the map and copy/pasting that into your report. The two columns are gps points and the unique name of the tree. If you add more columns, theyll likely be a dbh column and then whatever your other assessment data are. It's really quick, free, and easy.

I occassionally use QGIS which is a bit complicated but decent, very powerful if you need full customization (which can be good when making a template once for repetitive tasks) and free. You have to turf up your property appraiser's parcel .shp file and add a point .shp file on top. If you want customized legend, distance bar, title, etc. you can do that here. In principle, you should understand things that are way under the hood, like which datum reference you're using.
 
Update:

I’ve landed on ArborNote as my software of choice. It’s entirely built around Tree Inventories and that was the most important thing that I wanted in a software. It’s been annoying to learn, but as I’ve learned the software it has become a huge time saver and I love that every single tree I work on is mapped and documented so that I cause the work history throughout the years.
 
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