Making Forest Measurements with

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Making Forest Measurements with Digital
Photography MVH Image
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Open MVH Image and click on Select Image
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After selecting an image the following box will
appear prompting you to select a method of
calibration Click on scale present in the image
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Set the scale by filing in the units and length
of the scale in the image In the lower right
hand corner. Next, carefully draw a line across
your scale And hit done when you feel like you
have drawn the line accurately.
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Making Measurements
Select line tool
Make your measurement
Results are shown in lower right hand corner
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Figure 37 Measuring a white pine trees height
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Results MVH Image vs. Traditional Forest Watch
Measurements
Figure 38 MVH Image vs. traditional DBH tape
measurements
Table 4 MVH Image results from multiple DBH
measurements made on a single tree
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Figure 39 MVH Image vs. traditional clinometer
tree height measurements