A Direct Method for Assigning Quantitative Relative Risk Values to Each Individually Identified/Located Vegetation Clearance Violation Point Associated with Hazard Trees Along/Within an Electric Power Transmission CorridorElectric utility transmission owners (and others) have invested many years and many dollars figuring out how to correctly identify a hazard tree within and along their rights-of-way. Now, those same folks are busy figuring out how to implement the NERC guidelines ...

A method and system is described for prescribing and constructing nontraditional camera placement trajectories (a series of specific waypoints) to more effectively capture digital image networks for the production of geometrically and geographically correct 3D point cloud models using Structure-from-Motion (SfM) techniques – the "work". The constructed waypoints define gently curving trajectories which a) guide photographers in the placement of cameras and/or b) provide pathways for ground...

This ebook is the first installment in the series "TopGun Veg-Tool". This ebook provides the definition/description of the TopGun Veg-Tool instrument for the utility forester to implement his electric power transmission vegetation management program.Photographs of in-the-field use (actual inspections) of the TopGun are provided.The TopGun Veg-Tool allows the utility forester to satisfy all the requirements of the most recent regulatory requirements (e.g., NERC Standard FAC-...

This ebook describes an approach (using mobile computing devices such as smart phones and tablet computers) to maximize the effectiveness/efficiency of ground survey crews while collecting ground points (coordinate data) along a LIDAR-scanned corridor and/or area. For electric power transmission rights-of-way, most of the work is carried out in rural or remote territories – off the grid - with no access to the internet. Knowing the route (especially the boundaries of the route) is of param...

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 mul...

This eBook is an actual account of Jim & Ed's (along with several friends and family members) guided drift fly fishing adventure on the Clinch River in northeastern Tennessee. The book features lots of nature photography. The book setting is the Clinch River in the vicinity of Clinton, TN. The fishermen find places to wade and drift fish on the river. The tackle, boats, techniques, wildlife spotted, and river flow conditions are described; and pictures of the fish caught illustrate the adv...

Jim and Ed are co-workers; and they enjoy a good adventure, especially an adventure into nature. They both know that adventures come with a certain amount of risk; so they try to plan for the contingencies (e.g., be prepared to deal with any issues that may arise). Also, they know that all plans are fiction until definite, determined actions are taken to turn plans into reality. So, when Jim and Ed embark on one of their many adventures, they resort to their 3-e principles:- Apply a...

"Where is Caden James?" is a series of eBooks about me – Caden James Dow. I'm writing about my own experiences as I learn about new things by doing them everywhere I can. I'm writing about where I go and what I do so that I can share my experiences with you. Where do you think I am? In this ebook, I am at home on the farm, my family's farm.Yep, in this story I want to share what I do around my own home. My home is a farm in south Mississippi. There are lots of things to do on a far...

This ebook is a non-fiction picture essay about the adventures of two friends (Jim & Ed) as they fly fish for trout from a drift boat in the Holston River, Tennessee.The two friends have always wanted to use a drift boad to fish the Coosa River in Alabama for bass and crappie. However, when they discover that the only guided drift boat fishing guides in Alabama have retired, they decide to search elsewhere. They explore purchasing a drift boat; but they discover that they would pro...

"Where is Caden James?" is a series of eBooks about me – Caden James Dow. I'm writing about my own experiences as I learn about new things by doing them everywhere I can. I'm writing about where I go and what I do so that I can share my experiences with you. Where do you think I am? In this ebook, the second of this series, I am at a bull sale; and I help my Dad buy a new bull for our farm.Yep, in this story I want to share what I did to learn more about taking care of livestock – ...

"Where is Caden James? Camping on the Gulf" is a photographic essay about the author's experiences while RV-camping on the beach along the Gulf of Mexico (Camp Gulf campgrounds in Miramar Beach, Florida).This ebook is the third in the series "Where is Caden James?". This series highlights the everyday experiences of a 12 year old boy doing things he enjoys.This ebook is a good read for adult RV-campers who are looking for an unusual camping experience on a Florida beachfron...

Im Jahr 1939 wurde die überwiegend deutschsprachige Bevölkerung Südtirols vor die Wahl gestellt, entweder in Hitlers Deutsches Reich auszuwandern oder in Mussolinis faschistischem Italien zu verbleiben. Viele wählten die "Option" für Deutschland, ehe das Projekt "Umsiedlung Südtirol" 1943 infolge der Kriegsereignisse zusammenbrach. In der überwiegend von Deutschsprachigen bewohnten Gottschee im heutigen Slowenien erfolgte ein ähnliches Umsiedlungsreferendum im Jahr 1941. Verantwortlich für...