EcoSurvey July Release Changes
Report Selection Form Changes
The Filter button is active.
New Reports
The following reports have been added:
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ORGANON Export
FVS Export
SPS Export
LMS Export
See separate document for the Export technical specs.
Report Behavior Changes
The Residual Tree Use flag and the Combined Weighting flag are implemented for the Export reports
and the Custom report.
Residual Trees
The Residual Tree flag is set in the Tree record.
Residual Trees can be excluded from the reports by selecting one of the following option in the Select
Reports Form:
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Exclude Residual Trees from the Age calculation
Exclude Residual Trees from the Site Index calculation
Exclude Residual Trees from all calculations
Combined Age Weighting
When stand age is calculated by combining trees, saplings and seedlings each stem types’ (tree, sapling,
seedling) average age will be weighted either by stem count or by (Basal Area or TPA).
When trees and saplings are combined the age can be weighted by stem count or basal area.
When seedling age is combined with tree or sapling age thenthe ages can be weighted by stem count or
TPA (seedlings don’t have basal area).
Limited Number of Units to Print at One Time
The maximum number of units that can be selected to print at one time is ten (10). This limit was
imposed to prevent overwhelming the BLM network.
This limit can be changed or eliminated all together by a system administrator. To change the limit edit
the BLM.EcoSurvey.EcoSurveyFull.exe.config file located in the EcoSurvey exe program folder. Open the
file with NotePad or another text file editor. Find the following line:
<setting name="MaxUnitsToPrint" serializeAs="String">
<value>10</value>
and change the number between the <value> </value> tags. Setting the value to 0 will allow unlimited
number of units. Use only numbers. DO NOT delete this entry in the file. Just change the number.
Remember Report Settings
The report settings are saved between sessions (the non X-ed out values). These settings are saved by
user.
Kings Site Index updated (mod request)
As per a change request the Kings site index equation has been changed. The updated Kings equation
(source = email from Joe Graham 13/06/2013 10:51):
MBG King’s SI formula
(0.109757 + 0.00792236 ∗ 𝑏ℎ𝐴𝑔𝑒 + 0.000197693 ∗ 𝑏ℎ𝐴𝑔𝑒 2 )
4.5 + [2500 ∗ {
}]
𝑏ℎ𝐴𝑔𝑒 2
2
(
) − (−0.954038 + 0.0558178 ∗ 𝑏ℎ𝐴𝑔𝑒 − 0.000733819 ∗ 𝑏ℎ𝐴𝑔𝑒
𝐻𝑡 − 4.5
If denominator = 0 then denominator = .0001
Reconstructed from the following Excel formulae
Where:
Cell I is Breast Height age
Cell H is Height
SI = 4.5+(2500*BO/BP)
BO = =0.109757+0.00792236*I+0.000197693*I^2
BP= =IF(BQ-BR=0,0.0001,BQ-BR)
BQ==I^2/(H-4.5)
BR==-0.954038+0.0558178*I-0.000733819*I^2
Known Issues/Fixes
This is not a complete list.
Review Document 1 (RD1) =
Reviewed/suggested in EcoSurvey_Phase3_testing_Results_Part_1_08222013 wJG review.docx
Unit Filter Changes (bug fix/new feature from RD1 item 2_2)
The Unit Filter can filter on “blanks” for all values except Project and Unit. To filter on blank values
select the <blank> item from the drop down list. While the <blank> filter is available for Examiner and
Survey Year it does not work for these two fields yet.
RD1 item 2_3
Changed text in the Unit List Window’s Project right click menu
Plot Renumbering
Changing the plot number in the plot grid or the plot edit screen does not update the plot detail (tree,
sapling, seedling, etc) grids’ plot#. But the details are for the correct plot. Once the unit is saved and reopened the detail plot# is correct.
Renaming Stratum
Changing the stratum code will update the plot and other grids’ stratum codes.
A warning message will display if enter duplicate stratum code. Can’t save (exit) while have duplicate
stratum codes.
Saving/Updating Plot GIS Values (bug fix, RD1 item 2_5)
There was a bug report that the plot GIS coordinates are not being saved. The Plot GIS values are only
saved if the Unit UTM Zone is set.
Deleting Plots and Plot Details (bug RD1 item 2_6)
This is still a problem. If you delete a plot and close(save) the unit and reopen it the plot comes back.
If you delete the plot and add another plot with the same number then save the unit you will cause an
exception due to a duplicate plot#.