Free State Drivers

Founded

November 26, 2006

We are dedicated to the greater good of forestry here at Free State Drivers.
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FSD News:

Happy New Years – Well for FPS

Posted: 2015/07/01 Category: Announcements

Remember 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.

Thneed Digest – Week 2015 – 27

Posted: 2015/06/29 Category: Thneed Digest

The 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 Digest

An 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 Digest

An 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 Digest

An 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 Digest

Just 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 Tricks

As 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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Forest Projection and Planning System (FPS) Install Helper

Posted: 2015/02/18 Category: FPS, Tips and Tricks

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 – 05

Posted: 2015/01/28 Category: Thneed Digest

Those of here at FSD would like to thank you all for the great comments and well wishes that you have passed on to us. Again FSD isn’t out of the game it is just changing focus and direction.

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Thneed Digest – Week 2015 – 04

Posted: 2015/01/19 Category: Thneed Digest

Effective January 17, 2015 Free State Drivers will no longer be providing support services on behalf of the Forest Biometrics Research Institute. This is the date the FBRI Board of Directors asked FSD to discontinue all services based on the request by FSD to terminate the contract. FSD would like to apologize for the short notice. FSD proposed a 6 month transition period to alleviate any problems and was given only 5 business days (ending January 17, 2015) to transfer all databases, hardware, software and support services including phone to the Portland office.

What does this mean for FSD…

FSD is still in the game!!! FSD will be branching out services and providing technical support services to any organization interested. A reasonable rate has been posted HERE. Special contracts are available as well as on an as needed basis. There is no significant planned change change in operations around the nest. FSD will continue on its mission with the best service it can offer. This change will allow FSD to diversify and expand services as well as create new partnerships.

Please keep an eye out here for more updates. There will be something for everyone.