TPS App - A LiDAR-based Tree Profile Scanning App by Ameerul Basheer

TPS App - A LiDAR-based Tree Profile Scanning App

Ameerul Basheer

Product Designer

iOS Developer

Adobe Illustrator

Figma

iOS

Swift

Overview

LIDAR-enabled iPhone 12 Pro App that will aid in internal tree decay assessment process by National Parks (NParks) arborists

Role: ️🧑‍💻Full-Stack Developer

Description

📐 Tree surface geometry is needed to calculate estimates of internal decay. Crude methods such as using calipers provide low-resolution data. A faster and quick method was suggested to obtain the geometric data.

How might we design a measurement tool which provides efficient and accurate data needed for tree decay assessments?

Discover the Problem

❓ Research Questions

What are existing tree assessment methods?

How do tree assessments vary across climates?

How to improve the ease of use of these methods?

🤔 Basic Assumptions

Accurate geometric data of tree structure provides reliable estimates of internal decay.

Efficient geometric measurement systems will improve efficiency of tree management processes.

🔑 Key Requirements

📀 Data Processing

🕐 Time-saving

✂️ Ease of Operation

Develop

Deliver

Screen-capture of App on Real-world 3D Objects

What have I learned?

Design Science- Design Research methods other than User Research were used - Reference Models - to investigate key design considerations.

iOS Development- Developing in Swift was complex and still remains vastly unexplored. Many toolkits were explored and tested with through this project; not limited to SwiftUI, UIKit, ARKit, RealityKit and MetalKit.

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