CI-110/120 Feature Update September 2011:
The new CI-110/120 Plant Canopy Analysis System boasts a host of new or improved features:
- Hardware: Each new CI-110-120 sold will come equipped with:
- A touchscreen handheld computer with
- Embedded 802.11 b/g, HSPA, WiMAX, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
- Built in GPS SirfStar3
- A forearm mounting system included to replace lap-tote
- A hi resolution color fish eye camera lens
- Software (CID Plant Canopy Image Software v4.0)
- Optimized for touchscreen PC
- One click image capture for fast and easy data collection
- Automatic GPS data tagging
- Automated image threshold optimization
- Saves files in multiple formats (.png, .tif, .jpeg etc.)
- Built in searching, browsing, and mapping multiple measurements
- Automatic Image Logging stores unedited canopy images alongside calculated canopy data
- Data transparency *
* Data Transparency
The repeatability of an experimental method and attainment of well understood results are of course the critical underpinnings of any scientific endeavor. While the nature of environmental research and its limitless combination of variables makes this task incredibly difficult, the CI-110 and CI-120 records all the data necessary to emulate the original experimental conditions. To that end, with each data point sampled, the CI-110 and CI-120 records the Raw Image, PAR Sensor Readings, and Calculated Data and further tags each data record with the calculation parameters, instrument parameters, time, date and GPS location.
