iTree Canopy Suggestions
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:20 pm
I just ran Canopy for my community. As a first time user I have the following suggestions:
- To make classification more efficient, make all classes viewable and clickable without having to click the dropdown arrow. Maybe provide buttons in the main window. Otherwise, inform users to choose what they think will be the most common cover type (e.g. grass) as the first class they define. It will cut down on the number of times you have to select the dropdown menu.
- Sometimes the map jumped back to an old location or didn't move to the location of the new point.
- Provide more direction for step 3, such as how to classify the shadow of a tree or building. May not be intuitive to everyone.
- Provide a link to Bing maps as another option for viewing the landscape and verifying a cover class. The bird's eye view is very useful for this.
-Be more clear on the recommended standard error to aim for. My WI DNR colleagues told me 2% was reasonable.
-Provide a Print button for printing the cover report. [/list]
- To make classification more efficient, make all classes viewable and clickable without having to click the dropdown arrow. Maybe provide buttons in the main window. Otherwise, inform users to choose what they think will be the most common cover type (e.g. grass) as the first class they define. It will cut down on the number of times you have to select the dropdown menu.
- Sometimes the map jumped back to an old location or didn't move to the location of the new point.
- Provide more direction for step 3, such as how to classify the shadow of a tree or building. May not be intuitive to everyone.
- Provide a link to Bing maps as another option for viewing the landscape and verifying a cover class. The bird's eye view is very useful for this.
-Be more clear on the recommended standard error to aim for. My WI DNR colleagues told me 2% was reasonable.
-Provide a Print button for printing the cover report. [/list]