1. AN URBAN TREE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM WITH THE SUPPORT OF MOBILE PHONE APPS Supervisor : Dr. Bo Wu Moderator: Prof. Eric Gilles Francis GUILBERT CHAN HO SING ERNEST 08265400D

2. Background 2008 a tree collapse killing a university student in Stanley

3. Agenda Intro Literature Review Interview Studies on TMO and User Requirement Methodology Conclusion and Discussion

4. 1. Intro: PROJECT OBJECTIVES To investigate the current Tree Management Office of its aims and objectives and the functional requirements of the tree report system. To translate the functional requirement of the current tree report system into detailed user requirements, data required, technologies employed and implementations involved of the proposed information system. To present the mobile phone apps with the web based GIS information system design.

5. 1. Intro: Why CUHK (2009), Opinion poll on tree policy and management in Hong Kong

6. 1. Intro: What An Urban Tree Management Information System with the support of Mobile Phone Apps Urban tree information delivered to the public in a geographical approach Provide up-to-date urban tree information to the public Public report urban tree hazards to the Government in an effective and efficient manner.

7. 1. Intro: What

8. 1. Intro: Who Tree Management Office: Location Basis and Tree Basis Assessment Strategies TMO is of great need to gain public cooperation on tree surveillance with a geo-information system Development Bureau(2010)

9. Agenda Intro Literature Review Interview Studies on TMO and User Requirement Methodology Conclusion and Discussion

10. 2. CUREENT STATUS OF URBAN TREES IN HONG KONG Jim, 1987 Chiu et al, 2010 Urban Tree Species Factor Urban Cover Factor Climatic Factor Inappropriate regulations and guidelines Inadequate capacity building Public attitude towards tree preservation

11. 2. CURRENT WORLDWIDE GOVERNMENTAL APPLICATION OF URBAN TREE MANAGEMENT WITH CUHK (2009), Opinion poll on tree policy and management in Hong Kong

12. 2. CURRENT WORLDWIDE GOVERNMENTAL APPLICATION OF URBAN TREE MANAGEMENT WITH Singapore National Parks Board stores tree attribute data: location size species health trimming history From ESRI Forestry GIS Journal

13. 2. MOBILE PHONE APPS AND GEO-INFORMATICS

14. Agenda Intro Literature Review Interview Studies on TMO and User Requirement Methodology Conclusion and Discussion

15. 3. INTERVIEW WITH ISA CERTIFIED ARBORIST Thomas Chow, the General Manager of CHINA ARBOR LTD., ISA Certified Arborist and Landscape designer CUHK (2009), Opinion poll on tree policy and management in Hong Kong

16. 3. Review on Current Tree Management Practice in HK Insufficient Urban Tree Database Inconsistent Government Authority Exercised on Tree Management Summary on Interview Location information communication Tree Condition Public tool for Government to update the tree inspection and conditions report.

17. Agenda Intro Literature Review Interview Studies on TMO and User Requirement Methodology Conclusion and Discussion

19. 4. REVIEW ON CURRENT TREE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS Photos Uploading (Optional) to upload at most 3 tree photos less than 1M bytes file size Date of Report and Tree Species in Text Tree Location in Text Tree Problem Observed in Checkbox

20. 4. USER REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS ON PHONE APPS To have Photo Upload Function To have GPS Function sending the tree coordinates To have Tree Hazard Types input

21. 4. USER REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS ON WEB BASED URBAN TREE INFORMATION SYSTEM To provide a detailed and accurate map to locate trees and designate land usage To allow selective display of map information for Tree Management Analysis (e.g. positions, species or hazardous rating of the trees to be presented) To allow rapid selection and update of Urban Tree information Widdicombeet al (1999) and CUHK(2008) Campus Report

22. Agenda Intro Literature Review Interview Studies on TMO and User Requriement Methodology Conclusion and Discussion

23. 5. Introduction of the software used in project

26. 5. Mobile Phone Apps Development in Android in Eclipse

27. 5. Application Requirements Screen size and density Device features Platform Version <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.twodic.treeprint" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0.2"> </application> <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /> </manifest>

28. Android Technical Evaluation with iOS Platform

29. Phone

30. Phone Apps

44. Urban Tree Management Information System

48. Agenda Intro Literature Review Interview Studies on TMO and User Requirement Methodology Conclusion and Discussion

49. 6. Conclusion and Discussion Objectives Review Discussion

50. PROJECT OBJECTIVES To investigate the current Tree Management Office of its aims and objectives and the functional requirements of the tree report system. To translate the functional requirement of the current tree report system into detailed user requirements, data required, technologies employed and implementations involved of the proposed information system. To present the mobile phone apps application with the web based GIS information system design.

51. 6. Discussion Visualization of the Tree Observation Conditions GPS Coordinates Accuracy Boundary Detection Barcode system Web Portal with Point Data Selection

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