Overview
The goal of this article is to present high-level curricula for training courses.
Basic 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 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
Admin Training