TPS App - A LiDAR-based Tree Profile Scanning App
Ameerul Basheer
Product Designer
iOS Developer
Adobe Illustrator
Figma
iOS
Swift
Singapore University of Technology & Design
National Parks Board Singapore
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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2021
