Ville Kankare

Exciting two days in the field with @UNITEflagship crew. Positioning technologies were put to the test during a thinning of Norway spruce forest. @fgi_nls @Forest_sciences @LukeFinland @Ponsse @risutec

New paper led by @ninni_saarinen: Our aim was to investigate how crown structure of Scots pine trees varied within different growing conditions due to past thinning treatments. --> doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2… @UNITEflagship @LukeFinland @Forest_sciences @fgi_nls @ForestSciences

New paper: We explored the use of point cloud data to further our understanding on the dependencies between tree characteristics and internal wood properties. Check it out mdpi.com/1521774 @Forests_Mdpi @UNITEflagship @Forest_sciences @fgi_nls @LukeFinland @ForestSciences

My first live talk for a long time. It was great to speak at annual seminar of Forest and bioeconomy research community @UniEastFinland and see everyone. @Forest_sciences @UNITEflagship #forest #research

My new website is finally online. I am so excited to have a place for my photography and forest research. Go check it out: villekankarephoto.com #photography #forestresearch @UNITEflagship @Forest_sciences

Here we go again. Yesterday we kicked off another TLS campaign at Evo for the year 2021. TLS time series is shaping up fast. #scanforest @UNITEflagship @Forest_sciences @fgi_nls Find out more at scanforest.fi

First virtual meeting of the UEF leader 2021-22 program was full of great discussions. What does it mean to be a leader in a research community? I have some many things to reflect on. This will be an exciting journey. @UniEastFinland @UNITEflagship @Forest_sciences

First day at my new position as a University Research Fellow (Geospatial technologies and digitalization in forest operations and logistics) @Forest_sciences. Exciting autumn ahead. @UNITEflagship @UniEastFinland #precisionforestry

Submitted an extended abstract to @SilviLaser2021 this Monday. It has been almost ten years since I have been at the conference. Silvilaser 2012 in Vancouver was one of my first conferences as a Ph.D. student. That trip was quite an adventure. @UNITEflagship @Forest_sciences

✅ #TLS spring campaign at Evo is now done and the foundation for TLS time series is starting to take shape. Research assistants did an awesome job in the field! Thx! #scan4est @Forest_sciences @UNITEflagship @fgi_nls

Perfect place to relax over the weekend and let the mind wander. #nature @Forest_sciences @UNITEflagship

Exciting day today. Tuomas Yrttimaa is defending his dissertation @Forest_sciences today. We could only dream of the tools that Tuomas has created when we measured diameters by hand from the point clouds 10y ago. Awesome work Tuomas! #TLS @UNITEflagship uef.fi/en/article/cha…

”Finding new, innovative ways to build a better life for tomorrow” is a goal to aim for and here are few keywords from todays forum how to achieve it. Thank you for the most inspiring set of speakers and discussions at #MIF2021 forum today @UNITEflagship @Forest_sciences

@robfroese @UNITEflagship @Forest_sciences @UniEastFinland @AvenzaMaps Thanks for the suggestion. I will check this one also :)

@KankareV @UNITEflagship @Forest_sciences @UniEastFinland @AvenzaMaps is my go-to. It is cross-platform but I only use it on iOS. I don't see any reason for paper maps anymore.

Any suggestions for what is the best #GIS app to use in the field that works in both IOS and Android? Or do you still prefer to go old school and use paper maps? #forest #research #remotesensing #scan4est @UNITEflagship @Forest_sciences @UniEastFinland

@Fargreenhills @MikkoVastaranta @UNITEflagship @Forest_sciences @UniEastFinland No but I think I need to check it also. Thanks for the suggestion.

@KankareV @MikkoVastaranta @UNITEflagship @Forest_sciences @UniEastFinland Have you tried groundsman?

@Lene_Fischer @Joanne_C_White @UNITEflagship @Forest_sciences @UniEastFinland Thank you! I will definitely check this one.

@JulianTomastik @m_mokros @UNITEflagship @Forest_sciences @UniEastFinland Yes, it is an Android only option. Thanks for the suggestion. Old way is a great backup. I always try to take paper maps with me as well. It would not be the first time when my electronics fail in the field

@m_mokros @KankareV @UNITEflagship @Forest_sciences @UniEastFinland We are Locus Maps (Android only, if I'm not mistaken). Also some forestry practitioners in our country use it. Great suff with online, offline maps, WMS, navigation, measurement etc. But the old way is not bad :)

Spring weather at its finest. I took my #remoteoffice outside. I still have few things to do before a new manuscript will see the daylight. #forest #research #remotesensing #scan4est @UNITEflagship @Forest_sciences @UniEastFinland

Here we go. First day out in the field for 2021 #TLS campaign at Evo. Fun day full of teaching the basics of TLS data acquisition in practice for our new research assistants. #forest #pointcloud #learning #scan4est @Forest_sciences @UniEastFinland @UNITEflagship @fgi_nls