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In 1990, RamSoft Systems Ltd. translated the program from BASIC to C
and restructured it to accommodate the next generation of managed stand
yield tables, and to improve the ease and speed of operation. The program
was renamed TIPSY, the Table Interpolation Program for Stand Yields.
Research Branch distributed it to forest managers across the province,
along with a user's guide (Mitchell et al, 1991). RamSoft Systems Ltd.
rewrote TIPSY to Windows format in 1993 and christened it WinTIPSY.
Research Branch continues
to develop the program
in response to requests from clients both inside and outside the ministry.
Since MS Windows is such a widely used operating environment, we
dropped the 'Win' reference at the front of the name, and now
call the program 'TIPSY'! For a detailed list of what's new
in this release of TIPSY, see Release
News .
Link to Version History
The Ministry of Forests and Range Research Branch acknowledges the support of the following people. Most support is in the form of expertise on a particular feature in TIPSY, while other support is financial. The lists are alphabetical by last name.
'Experts'
Rob Brockley (Res. Br , Kalamalka) - fertilization (interior)
Kevin Brown (former Res. Br., now consultant) - fertilization (coast)
Dave Coffey (retired Economics and Trade Br., now consultant) - Economics module updates
Mike Cruickshank (Pacific Forestry Centre) - Armillaria OAF
Louise de Montigny (Res. Br.) - fertilization (coast)
Mario Di Lucca (Res. Br.) - fertilization, variable retention, DWB, extension and training, windthrow
Jim Goudie (Res. Br.) - repression
Shelley Grout (Res. Br.) - online documentation, project management
George Harper (Res. Br.) - red alder, trembling aspen
Ken Mitchell (emeritus Res. Br.) - past project leader, conceptualization and lots of encouragement!
Gordon Nigh (Res. Br.) - site curve equations and site index conversions in Sindex, the site index module
Albert Nussbaum (former Res. Br., now Forest Analysis Branch) - BatchTIPSY, operational adjustment factors
Ken Polsson (Res. Br.) - creates TIPSY's database using TASS, maintains Sindex
RamSoft Systems Ltd. (consultant) - design and develop code
Steve Stearns-Smith (former Res. Br., now consultant) - extension and training
Jeff Stone (Southern Interior Region) - fertilization (coast), snags and coarse woody debris
Mike Stone (former Economics and Trade Br., now federal gov.) - Economics module, jobs module
Chang-Yi Xie (Res. Br.) - genetic gain module
Alvin Yanchuk (Res. Br.) - genetic gain module
Financial support
Forest Renewal BC - funded much of the earlier development
Forestry Innovation Investment Account - funded the variable retention module and windthrow.
Tesera Systems (formerly The McGregor Group) - funded the addition of dead wood output to BatchTIPSY.
Weyerhaeuser - funded the addition of our first hardwood, red alder.
See our User Support page for contact information on specific TIPSY features.
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