Where Have You Been with Your LS Lately?
- Thread starter Wes Cole
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Post Oak? I bet it's very old. Judging just by the knarly shape it looks old.
Not sure if it's a post oak, but it could be. I really like finding very old trees like that one. It helps put old boundaries in perspective, but usually the trees are long gone. I was figuring on not finding any trees when going over the deed but I have found the majority of them. And they are all massive.
My guess is that oak is 250 to 300 years old.
Nate The Surveyor
Well-Known Member
Adam, that is an awesome tree!
Share it over on Wendells forum too!
It'd make a great poster as well.
Quite simply, awesome pic.
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Share it over on Wendells forum too!
It'd make a great poster as well.
Quite simply, awesome pic.
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Aaron S
Active Member
Here's where I had my demo (soon to be purchased) unit in northern Minnesota. Still 30"+ of ice out there - so I've heard. No way I'm walking on any ice if there's water on top. OF COURSE it was clicking away collecting points on "boundary" mode, regardless of the thick branches overhead, and the white pines blocking half the sky in the second pic.
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Sean Joyce
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I believe it is a white oak which has a growth factor of 5 X 54" = 270 years old, good call John.
Also a large tree like that would have one hell of a tap root that would remain for many many years after the tree is gone and could be held as a corner if the tree was called for.
International Society of Arboriculture has developed a formula for calculating age from simple measurements.
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Determine the species of oak in your backyard. Oaks generally fall into three categories or clades: red, white and golden oaks. Look in tree identification resources online or in your local library.
2
Measure the circumference of the oak's trunk. Wrap the tape measure around the trunk at 54 inches above the ground.
3
Calculate the diameter of the oak. Use this formula: circumference (in inches) divided by pi, approximated at 3.14. For example, if your oak's trunk measures 314 inches around, its diameter would be 314 divided by 3.14, or 100 inches.
4
Determine the growth factor for your oak. If it is a Shumard or pin oak, the growth factor is three; red oak, four; white oak, five; and shingle oak, six. If you have a different variety of oak or were unable to identify the oak, obtain a rough age estimate by using four.
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Multiply the oak's diameter in inches times the growth factor to get the approximate age of your oak. For example, a Shumard oak with a trunk diameter of 20 inches is about 60 years old.
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Mike Lacey
Member
Got to love that Mountain Laurel.
Thought you were solo now? Who is taking the pic?
That's cheating
Brent Newton
New Member
Brent Newton
New Member
Brent,
Now that looks fun!
Two comments...
Always make sure the rubber covers over the ports are well closed. I see your charging port, and USB covers are open.
The following comment requires that you have enabled SBAS (aka "WAAS") in the Advanced GNSS settings.
I see that you are using a Float solution, as staying fixed would be rather impossible where you are at. I also see you are using UHF. What I would have done would have been to turn off the UHF radio in the LS. This can be done from the Home screen, by tapping on the UHF icon on the top of the screen, selecting "configuration", and then turn off the UHF radio. Without the RTK corrections then being received, you will automatically be utilizing the SBAS for corrections. It is my experience that SBAS is much more accurate than a Float solution. The exception to this is that final period of time right before a float solution becomes fixed, which does not apply to your scenario.
One last tip...on the screen you are looking at, tapping the third button down on the left will take you to a live map which I happen to prefer to the display you were on.
Now that looks fun!
Two comments...
Always make sure the rubber covers over the ports are well closed. I see your charging port, and USB covers are open.
The following comment requires that you have enabled SBAS (aka "WAAS") in the Advanced GNSS settings.
I see that you are using a Float solution, as staying fixed would be rather impossible where you are at. I also see you are using UHF. What I would have done would have been to turn off the UHF radio in the LS. This can be done from the Home screen, by tapping on the UHF icon on the top of the screen, selecting "configuration", and then turn off the UHF radio. Without the RTK corrections then being received, you will automatically be utilizing the SBAS for corrections. It is my experience that SBAS is much more accurate than a Float solution. The exception to this is that final period of time right before a float solution becomes fixed, which does not apply to your scenario.
One last tip...on the screen you are looking at, tapping the third button down on the left will take you to a live map which I happen to prefer to the display you were on.
Brent Newton
New Member
Great advice, thanks. I'm the worst at keeping port covers closed. Actually for most of this river I had multi engine fixed shots. I did have it to accept float shots, but I believe I have shots close enough to spot the bad ones. Took shots every 5' or 5 seconds. I would stop and wait on fixed solution in critical curves. It was a lot of fun. 2.5 miles in 1/2 a day. Thank you again for advice.
Nate The Surveyor
Well-Known Member
I hope you'll forgive my comment....
But this whole survey of the river, was a "float solution".
Or else he'd sink!
(I'm ducking my head now!)
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But this whole survey of the river, was a "float solution".
Or else he'd sink!
(I'm ducking my head now!)
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