PSP Benefits

Benefit

Feature

Accurate data collection

Comprehensive error checking, configurable to specific species and age attributes.

Complete data sets

In field warnings for missing data and notification of heights required; comprehensive error reports when updating database.

Wide range of variables

Site, Plot, and Measurement information; various measures of height and diameter; summary results are stored and can be queried

User-definable fields

All entities support user-defined fields.

Comments fields

There is generous scope for recording textual comments.

Graphing

Graphs can be generated to monitor changes in an attribute over time, to compare a selection of plots and to display distributions of attributes (eg DBH) within plots

Partial plot measurements

A subset of trees within plots can be measured such as height trees or stems affected by a particular condition.

Convenient standard reports

There are a range of reports that publish plot data at differing levels of detail.

Powerful extraction tools

Query tools e.g. to provide lists of plots that meet query conditions. Summary data can be queried. Extraction options include SQL.