Receiving a plan

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In this learning guide, you will learn how to download from Workgroup plan data submitted by a stewardship forester. You will learn how to login the Workgroup database, check out the layers the stewardship forester uploaded, and download them. Then, you will learn how to review the data submitted, and to add notes requesting for modifications,

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Exercise 01 – Download plan data from Workgroups

Exercise 02 – Review the plan data

Exercises

Where to Do the Exercises

The first step to complete the exercises in this tutorial is to set up the computer you will be working on. If you completed our Getting Started Course, your system and datasets are ready to go through this learning guide. You will be able to use our GeoAgro GIS trial version for 2 months. From now on, you are ready to begin with any learning guide you wish.

Exercise 01 – Download plan data from Workgroups

In this exercise you will learn to download to your computer plan data uploaded by stewardship foresters. First, you will log in the GeoAgro Workgroups database. Then, you will import your plan project from Workgroups into GIS and download the required layers.

Log in Workgroups database

Click on the “Workgroup” tab.

A login window will pop up. Complete the form with your user and password.

Download the plan data layers

Click on the “Maine Forestry” folder to open it.

Select the folder “SF1” and click on “Download”. Wait for the download to complete

Click on the “GIS” tab to go back to the GIS module.

Look at the Reference Panel. You'll notice there's five new layers; “Stand types” and “Property boundary” grouped under “Plan development” and Practices points, polygons and lines grouped under “Conservation practices”.

Double click on “Property boundaries” to see the property boundaries of the plan project you just imported.

Exercise 02 – Review the plan data

In this exercise you will learn how to review the plan data you just downloaded. First, you will check the data created by the stewardship forester and review if it complies with the requirements for a stewardship plan. Then, you will check out the layers for offline editing. Finally, you will add a note for the stewardship forester to complete empty fields.

Check the downloaded data

Double click on the “Practices polygon” layer to zoom to it.

Select it with the “Rectangle selection” tool.

Download imagery from Maine State GIS to have an aerial view of the practice area. Click on the “eye” icon and tick the checkbox to make it visible.

If nothing comes up or the imagery looks too pixelated, try updating the wms by clicking on “Update the WMS layer”.

Open the practice attributes by clicking on “Edit the selected object's data”.

Notice the “Recurring” attribute is empty (the checkbox is neither empty nor checked).

You will now add a note to inform the Forester he/she should complete this field. Click on “Cancel” to close the Object's data window.

Check out the layers for offline editing

Click on the “Workgroup” tab to go back.

A message will ask you if you want to save your changes in GIS. Click “Yes” if you want to save your work from the last time you saved; otherwise click “No”. If you answered “Yes”, when the saving is done, click on “Accept”

Click on the “Maine Forestry” folder to open it. Select the folder “SF1” and click on “Edit” to check out for editing all the layers it contains.

Add a note requesting changes

Open your text editor of choice and write the following note:

Note:

“Dear SF,

I've been reviewing your plan and I just noticed you missed filling the "Recurring" attribute. Please, fill it and re-upload the layers.”

Save your note.

Click on “Practices polygon” and select the practice with the “Rectangle selection” tool. Drop down the “Module interaction” menu and click on “Object files”.