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Cruise Cards
Designed by Cruisers — for Cruisers

100% designed, developed and written in British Columbia, Canada

Standard Features
Menu-driven data collection software system designed to accommodate multiple appraisal and industrial timber cruising systems currently used in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.
Runs of iOS, Android, Windows 10 and Windows Mobile
  • Supports a variety of Cruise Systems used by MoFR and Industry:
    • Appraisal Coast and Appraisal Interior
    • Call Grade-Net Factor
    • Industrial Fixed or Variable Log length
    • Alpha or/and User Sort Grades
    • Fixed or Variable Plot or 100% cruise
    • Basal Area Count Plots and Enhanced Count Plots
    • BigBaf-LittleBaf
    • Stump Cruises
    • Sample or Site tree data collection.
  • Practical Screen Layout with “Quick Access Bar”
  • Imports and exports all field data to commonly used compilation programs for quick compilations.
  • Exports to CheckMate format for efficient check cruise and audit submissions.
  • Multiple Data Protection features
  • Traverse Notes with Draw Module
  • GPS plot location module
  • Validation of all Cruise data (Automatic or Manual)
  • Print cards in PDF format for easy submission to clients
Extra Usability Features
  • Hide the card header…and… View up to nine trees at a time
  • Species scroll-downs have all acceptable species codes
  • Drop-downs for all data fields (Tree Class, Pathological Indicator, Root Rot, Insect, Fire, and Blowdown code)
  • Automatic age correction of counted ages by species
  • Alerts you to any Maturity Class conflicts between assigned Tree Class and Age in Tens
  • Borderline Trees are calculated to the Front or to the Center of tree, and are automatically assigned IN or OUT status (OUT trees are automatically crossed-out).
  • Walk Through Tree Screen speeds up the documentation process for recording Walkthrough tree information.
  • Manual Height Calculator: If you forgot your Vertex or want to check out your hypsometer. Enter: Top, bottom and SD…height is calculated. If the tree is leaning or hung up – give CruiseMate the "height" and "offset" and it will give you the "length"
  • The “Tree Counter” module calculates and displays the total plots, total trees, and average trees/plot.
  • Built-in “Scientific Calculator” allows you to make additional calculations without leaving CruiseMate.
  • Scroll down for Plot & Tree Notes with most common notes. These scroll-downs can be added to, edited and sorted by you to personalize the software to your needs
  • Card list gives you quick access to all cruise plots in current file and “Sort” feature allows you to sort the plots on the card list.
  • Risk Group & Maturity Class is automatically calculated and displayed (based on Species and Maturity by Forest Inventory Zone) for every tree in your plot.
  • Multi-Matrix Grading Module allows you to access multiple grade matrix files (Alpha and User/Sort) right on your handheld.
  • GPS support integrated into CruiseMate software: Latitude and Longitude coordinates can now be retrieved directly into CruiseMate from supported GPS devices.
  • Card Copy function on handheld allows you to copy cards to existing or new files
  • File Merge Feature on PC allows up to four files at a time to be merged.
Additional Modules

Grading Module

  • Call grade/sort
  • Fixed / variable length
  • Net Factor
  • Built in Taper

Volume/Weight Module

Designed for single stem select heli logging.

Volume/Value Module

Designed for timber evaluation/log purchasing.

Custom Modules

Custom modules are also built for customers with individual needs.

CruiseMate is the first software of its kind in the forest industry, allowing cruisers to collect, record, validate and correct data in the field. Data entry, hand written cruise cards, and delays between the data collection and the cruise compilation became a thing of the past when CruiseMate was developed in 1999!

CheckMate followed CruiseMate for check cruising and auditing and is extensively used by the Ministry of Forests, Range and Natural Resource Operations in BC. CheckMate compares the check cruiser’s data with the original cruiser’s data and then calculates and tabulates the results by measurement tolerance categories as outlined by current standards. CheckMate Integrates with CruiseMate and CompMate and currently runs on Windows Mobile and iOS

CompMate (Interior & Coast)

Intuitive comprehensive compilation software designed to integrate seamlessly with CruiseMate and CheckMate

  • Seamless integration with CruiseMate and CheckMate software
  • Easy data review as software shows all notes, borderline trees, GPS coordinates, signatures, grades
  • Allows compiler to add notes to data for future review
  • Easy import functions, preventing data or area losses
  • Comprehensive project screens, which are fully integrated for easy area entries
  • Log analysis, grading modules and custom modules
  • Imports most known compilation files
  • Fully functions with Enfor
  • Exports to Cengea flat file format
  • Easy manual data entry and editing
  • Comprehensive error reports

Ask us about CompMate (www.compmate.ca)
Forestry compilation software and services. Contact for more information.