Overview
The goal of this article is to present high-level curricula for training courses.
Basic Data Collection Course
Goal: The goal of the basic course is to train a forester in the basic workflow of designing, implementing, reviewing and analyzing a timber cruise. It assumes that
Audience: Field foresters who will use MobileMap to cruise timber. No GIS or specific mobile device experience is needed.
Format: Web-based or in-person
Duration: 2-6 hours, depending on whether data collection will occur outside or in office
Prerequisites:
MobileMap and InventoryManager have been configured
Settings and business logic have been configured
Data model has been published and shared with users
Participants have their ArcGIS credentials and have verified access to the feature service
Participants have a mobile device (minimum of one device per 3 participants) with MobileMap installed, licensed and a suitable base map downloaded, and a Wi-Fi connection
Participants have access to a laptop or PC (minimum of one computer per 3 participants) and a Wi-Fi connection
Topics:
Design
Importing source stands from a zipped Shapefile
Copy of Source Stand to Stand
Plot layout
Collect
Download to MobileMap
Navigate to plot(s)
Collect tree data
Upload data
Review
Review data in InventoryManager
Export data to Excel
Advanced Data Collection Course
Goal: The goal of the advanced course is to build on the basic training and add more advanced topics focused on alternative workflows, more advanced spatial data creation and editing, 3rd party analysis applications, etc.
Audience: Same as basic course
Format: Typically web-based
Duration: 2-6 hours, depending on specific materials to be covered
Prerequisites:
Same materials (device, laptop, ArcGIS credentials, Wi-Fi, etc.) as basic course
Must have completed basic course
Topics:
Design
InventoryManager
Heads up digitize Source Stands
Edit Stands: vertex editing, split, merge/explode, bulk delete
MobileMap
Heads up digitize Source Stands
Edit Stands: vertex editing, split, truncate, expand, append
Plot layout in the field
GPS data collection
Data Analysis Course (Compilation and Reporting)
Goal: The goal of the Data Analysis Course is to train foresters and data managers to utilize InventoryManager to support the selected compilation and reporting system(s) for their implementation. This includes implementations that support in-app compilation and reporting (NVEL-based) as well as 3rd party integrations (TCruise, FVS, FPS, Silvah, LRM, etc.)
Audience: Data managers and/or GIS analysts
Format: Typically web-based
Duration: 2-4 hours, depending on specific materials to be covered
Prerequisites:
Same materials (device, laptop, ArcGIS credentials, Wi-Fi, etc.) as basic course
Must have completed basic course
Topics:
TBD, but may include:
Compilation process, merch specs, log rules, etc.
In-app reports, saving to PDF and other systems (ArcGIS, LRM)
3rd Party apps
TCruise
FVS
FPS
SILVAH
LRM
Other
Administrators Course
Goal: The goal of the administrators course is to train data managers and GIS analysts to implement the back-end services (Feature Services), business logic, settings, etc.
Audience: Data managers and/or GIS analysts
Format: Typically web-based
Duration: 2-4 hours, depending on specific materials to be covered
Prerequisites:
Same materials (device, laptop, ArcGIS credentials, Wi-Fi, etc.) as basic course
Must have completed basic course
Topics:
Back-end services
Data Modeling
Publishing services
Sharing framework
Business Logic
Business Rules
Check Cruise Scoring Rules
Related Domains
InventoryManager Settings: Layers, Maps, Inventory Projects
Export configuration files