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    TopGun Veg-Tool: User's Manual
    TopGun Veg-Tool: User's Manual
    TopGun Veg-Tool: User's Manual
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    TopGun Veg-Tool: User's Manual

    By James W. Dow

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    About this ebook

    This ebook is the second installment to the series "TopGun Veg-Tool". This ebook contains both the general description of the TopGun Veg-Tool and the technical specifications for its in-the-field operation.

    Vegetation management administrative personnel and foresters (in-the-field operators) will find valuable information in this ebook.

    This ebook is written in two major sections. The first section deals with the overall functionality of the TopGun Veg-Tool, including its multi-level approach to analysis (e.g., multi-level clearance criteria and multiple conductor operating conditions, etc.). The second section deals with the technical specifications of the TopGun Veg-Tool and the step-by-step instructions for setup and operation.

    This ebook is intended to be taken to the field and used by the forester/operator as an immediate reference guide. It is also a training guide.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJames W. Dow
    Release dateSep 17, 2013
    ISBN9781301970766
    TopGun Veg-Tool: User's Manual
    Author

    James W. Dow

    James W. Dow Chief Executive Officer, Aerotec, LLC Years of Experience: With this firm– 16 years; With other > 25 years Education: Mississippi State University: BS/Aerospace Engineering – 1970 MS/Aerospace Engineering – 1972 Relevant Qualifications: Mr. Dow was an original founder of Aerotec, LLC (airborne remote sensing) in 1996, having retired from the Alabama Power Company. Mr. Dow is generally acknowledged as one of the most influential engineers in the United States regarding CAD/CAM/CAE technology and LIDAR “filtering” software development. Mr. Dow has over twenty-five years of experience in application software development and support for a variety of industries that include military defense, aerospace, forest products, construction, communications, and electric utility. Mr. Dow’s experience spans all aspects of information management methodology/technology from strategic planning for network-infrastructure through design, engineering, construction, implementation, and support of mission critical computer application systems across multi-company/multi-state political and geographic areas. He is an internationally recognized authority in a wide variety of industries. In 1979, Mr. Dow co-authored an internationally acclaimed book entitled “The Guide for the Evaluation and Implementation of CAD/CAM Systems”. He played a key role in bringing several successful European CAD/CAM software products to the U.S. marketplace. From 1990-1995, Mr. Dow was employed by the Alabama Power Company Information Resources Department as -Manager of Application Services - Staff of 57 (1992-1994) and -Manager of Information Resources Plans & Projects – Staff of 30 (1990-1992). From 1974-1990, Mr. Dow was employed by Southern Company Services, Information Resources Organization in the following capacities: -Manager, Nuclear Plant Information Systems Staff of 35 (1987-1990), -Manager, Information Resources Strategic Planning Staff of 4 (1983-1987) and -Manager, Supervisor, Programmer Staff of 20 (1972-1983). From 1972-1974, Mr. Dow was employed by Lockheed Georgia Company, Wing Design, as a Stress Engineer in the Structural Design Department. There he performed structural analysis, fatigue analysis and basic material research related to the engineering and design of aircraft structures to include the C-5, C-141, C130, JetStar, L1011, and Hummingbird (VTOL aircraft.) During 1972, Mr. Dow worked as a Scientist/Instrumentation Engineer for the US Naval Weapons Laboratory in Dahlgren, Virginia. He conducted basic research in gas dynamics to simulate nuclear blast wave environments at the Conical Shock Tube Facility. The research was related to the survivability of anti-ballistic missile systems, primarily the SPRINT missile. Mr. Dow’s military experience encompasses the following: -Commissioned Officer (2nd Lieutenant), US Army/Armor, 1972; continuing through -Georgia Army National Guard: Commander, Company B, 1-108 Armor, Cedartown, Georgia (9 years of service). Mr. Dow’s educational background is as follows: -BS, Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University (1965-1970) Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Engineering undergraduate research assistant; research publications include “Skin Friction Drag on Infinite Yawed Wings” (helicopter blade aerodynamics) Cooperative education program (Lockheed Georgia Company) -MS, Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University (1970-1972), Graduate research assistant (NASA Redstone Arsenal/Huntsville, Alabama) for the MSU Mechanical Engineering Department Master’s Thesis: “Mass, Energy and Vorticity Transport in Turbulent Boundary Layers” -Virginia Polytechnical Institute (1972); Advanced Graduate Studies - Advanced Particle Dynamics Mr. Dow is a U.S. Citizen. Mr. Dow was inducted into the Mississippi State University’s Engineering Hall of Fame in 1998. Mr. Dow was the primary inventor associated with the following patents: •Method and System for Direct Classification from Three Dimensional Digital Imaging (LIDAR). US Patent No. US 7,046,841 B1, May 16, 2006. •Method and Apparatus for Direct Detection, Location, Analysis, Identification, and Reporting of Vegetation Clearance Violations. US Patent Numbers: US 8,374,431 B2, February 12, 2013 US 8,724,900 B2, May 13, 2014 US 9,536,313 B2, January 3, 2017 US 9,947,109 B2, April 17, 2018 •Method and System for Developing Non-traditional (non-linear and non-parallel) Gently Curving Camera Trajectories for Collecting Digital Aerial/Terrestrial Photography for Construction of 3D Topographic Models Using Structure-from-Motion (SfM) Techniques, Patent Pending March 2018.

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      TopGun Veg-Tool - James W. Dow

      TopGun Veg-Tool: User’s Manual

      By: James W. Dow

      Copyright 2014 by James W. Dow

      All Rights Reserved

      Smashwords Edition

      Table of Contents

      TopGun Veg-Tool: ROW Vegetation Management

      General Description

      Summary

      TopGun Veg-Tool: System Setup and Operation

      TopGun System Components

      TopGun System Overview

      TopCon GRS-1 Receiver and Field Controller

      TruPulse 360B Rangefinder

      TopGun Assembly

      TopGun System Configuration and Operation

      Initialize TopGun

      Start Aerotec Field Analysis

      Launch ArcPad

      Select GPS Preferences

      Select GPS Height Tab

      Select Quality Tab

      System Ready/Locked

      RTK Network

      Select Conductor Vegetation Analysis

      Select Test Parameters

      Results Display – Violation/Clear

      Select Results Tab

      Select Detail Tab

      Exit Application

      Field Inspection Results – ESRI/ArcPad/ArcMap

      Field Inspection Results – Google Earth

      TopGun Field Inspection/Audit – Best Practices

      GPS

      TruPulse Range Finder

      Data Integrity

      The Field Inspection Team

      Team Communications

      Team Operations

      TopGun - Field Equipment List

      TopCon GRS-1 and Accessories

      TruPulse 360B Laser Range Finder and Accessories

      Other Essentials

      Crew Equipment

      Aerotec Field Analysis -Setup Checklist

      The END

      Additional Aerotec Publication(s) Available

      Reference Documentation

      Aerotec, LLC (company background)

      Credits:

      Author: James W. Dow - Aerotec, LLC

      Editor: W. Scott Dow - Aerotec, LLC

      Photographers:

      James W. Dow - Aerotec, LLC

      Ed Teasley - Aerotec, LLC

      Contributors:

      Ryan Paulk/Forester - El Paso Electric

      Andy Openshaw - Aerotec, LLC

      Epigraph

      You will have courage because you still have hope.

      You will be protected and will rest in safety.

      You will lie down unafraid, and many will look

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