Free State DriversFounded
November 26, 2006
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FSD News:
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Thneed Digest – Week 2015 – 29
Posted: 2015/07/14 Category: Thneed DigestAn update on what FSD knows… More FPS news that FSD has been made aware of. Important read from FBRI. All contributing organizations must read the latest from FBRI!
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Forest Projection and Planning System (FPS) Install Helper
Posted: 2015/07/13 Category: Tips and TricksAn update to the last version of the installer.
Probably one of the most asked questions around the nest is “How do I install FPS?” Once upon a time the installer package did this all for you. No longer. Here is a quick bit to help…
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Thneed Digest – Week 2015 – 28
Posted: 2015/07/06 Category: Thneed DigestAn update on what FSD knows… More FPS news that FSD has been made aware of.
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Happy New Years – Well for FPS
Posted: 2015/07/01 Category: AnnouncementsRemember that July 1 is the first day of the new year for The Forest Projection and Planning System (FPS). This means anything measured this year before today is assigned a year of last year for its measurement. Today ALL growth is considered to have happened and it is year end of the current calendar year.
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Thneed Digest – Week 2015 – 27
Posted: 2015/06/29 Category: Thneed DigestThe FSD Office Penguins get out of the office and go to the field… What were we up to in the blistering heat?
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Thneed Digest – Week 2015 – 24.1
Posted: 2015/06/13 Category: Thneed DigestAn update on what FSD knows… More FPS news that FSD has been made aware of. Keeping up with the FPS Compiler fixes is becoming difficult with the rate they are being released.
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Thneed Digest – Week 2015 – 24
Posted: 2015/06/07 Category: Thneed DigestAn update on what FSD knows… More FPS news that FSD has been made aware of.
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Thneed Digest – Week 2015 – 22
Posted: 2015/05/25 Category: Thneed DigestAn update on last weeks update… More FPS news that FSD has been made aware of.
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Thneed Digest – Week 2015 – 21
Posted: 2015/05/19 Category: Thneed DigestJust a quick update on the happenings around the nest and any rumors that the FSD Penguins have heard including FPS updates (maybe??)
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The Forest Projection and Planning System and Taper
Posted: 2015/04/28 Category: FPS, Tips and TricksAs of late The FSD Tech Penguin has received many questions on the topic of taper and The Forest Projection and Planning system (FPS). This is not an insignificant topic as FPS is somewhat unique in how it determines taper. This post will serve as a quick discussion of what FSD understands about the taper system in FPS and may not be 100% accurate. However, this level of accuracy is based on a lack of available documentation and the fact that FPS is held as highly proprietary and completely non-open. This means that the source code is not available and this knowledge comes from FSD attending several calibration workshops. At this point we recommend getting some strong coffee…
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