{"id":5108,"date":"2022-08-17T11:15:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T11:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/?page_id=5108"},"modified":"2022-08-17T13:39:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T13:39:54","slug":"tree-veteran","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/help\/tree-veteran\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Tree Surveys"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ancient-Tree-Forum.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"104\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ancient-Tree-Forum.png?resize=104%2C151&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5115\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Ancient and other veteran trees are a vital and treasured part of our history, and our natural and cultural\u00a0landscape, and Britain is thought to have the greatest number of ancient trees in northern Europe. The\u00a0Ancient Tree Forum\u00a0seeks to secure the long term future of these ecosystems through promoting best management and conservation practice, lobbying governments over their recognition and protection, encouraging research, and increasing people\u2019s enjoyment of old trees.<\/p><cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancienttreeforum.co.uk\/who-we-are\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ancient Tree Forum<\/a>\u00a0<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>OTISS provides two predefined templates for surveying Veteran trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\"><em>Please note that these templates are only available with the OTISS\u00a0<strong>Premium\u00a0Tree Safety<\/strong> subscription. The Standard subscription would allow you to customise the survey form yourself to add many of these fields and dropdown options.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Configuring the survey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">On the TreeSafety\u00a0<strong>Customise Survey<\/strong>\u00a0webpage, use the\u00a0<strong>Survey Templates<\/strong>\u00a0button to select the one of the options below.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/TreeSafety-customise-2.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"645\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/TreeSafety-customise-2.png?resize=645%2C228&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/TreeSafety-customise-2.png?w=645&amp;ssl=1 645w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/TreeSafety-customise-2.png?resize=300%2C106&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Veteran Tree Specialist Survey<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Based on the method developed by English Nature as part of the Veteran Trees Initiative. <\/li><li>See\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ancienttreeforum.org.uk\/resources\/other-publications\/\" target=\"_blank\">Specialist Survey Method<\/a> for a full description.<\/li><li>We have used the same terminology, but have adapted the layout a bit to fit within the OTISS survey forms and recording mechanisms.<\/li><li>This template can be used to do a <em>Level 1 Simple Survey<\/em>, <em>Level 2 Generic Survey<\/em> or <em>Level 3 Specialist Survey<\/em>, simply by filling in or ignoring sections of the form as required.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Veteran Tree Assessment<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A simpler assessment from the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ancienttreeforum.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ancient Tree Forum<\/a>.<\/li><li>Based on this\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ancienttreeforum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Trial-Veteran-Tree-Assessment-Form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">PDF<\/a>.<\/li><li>We have used the terminology from the PDF where applicable, but also borrowed some from the Veteran Trees Initiative above.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have selected the template, you are then free to edit the fields and further customise the survey form to your own requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Veteran Tree Reports.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On the TreeSafety spreadsheet page, we have developed some specialised Excel reports that correspond to the above templates.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/treesurvey-veteran-reports.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/treesurvey-veteran-reports.png?resize=1024%2C449&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/treesurvey-veteran-reports.png?resize=1024%2C449&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/treesurvey-veteran-reports.png?resize=300%2C132&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/treesurvey-veteran-reports.png?resize=768%2C337&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/treesurvey-veteran-reports.png?w=1035&amp;ssl=1 1035w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"any-suggestions\">Any suggestions?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>OTISS is constantly developing to suit our users\u2019 requirements.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/contact\/\">Please contact us<\/a>&nbsp;if you have suggestions for features or options that you would like to see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancient and other veteran trees are a vital and treasured part of our history, and our natural and cultural\u00a0landscape, and Britain is thought to have the greatest number of ancient trees in northern Europe. The\u00a0Ancient Tree Forum\u00a0seeks to secure the long term future of these ecosystems through promoting best management and conservation practice, lobbying governments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":91,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5108","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaoYpC-1ko","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5108"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5116,"href":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5108\/revisions\/5116"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otiss.co.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}