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CMA measurement tool

  • 25 Jan 2023 4:15 PM
    Message # 13073043

    I've been working on identifying Usnea lately and I've been taking a lot of CMA measurements. I quickly got tired of manually measuring pixels and doing the calculation, so I decided to make a website for it you can find here (there's a quick guide on the about page too).

    Would love if it were useful to others too! If you do use it, let me know if you have any ideas for improvement or if you notice any bugs (I've only tested with Safari, Firefox, and Chrome, but it ought to work in Edge/Opera too).

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  • 26 Jan 2023 7:52 AM
    Reply # 13073705 on 13073043
    Bruce McCune (Administrator)

    Nice! I tested this with an example image from the Macrolichens book (U. scabrata) and the results match my measurements well (attached photo). The heavy tick marks are mine (in the book), the thin ones are from my series of clicks on the uploaded image. Good job!  


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  • 26 Jan 2023 7:58 AM
    Reply # 13073737 on 13073043
    Bruce McCune (Administrator)

    p.s. I have added a link to the web page for this on the NWL website. It is under Resources | Literature and Links

    Last modified: 26 Jan 2023 7:58 AM | Bruce McCune (Administrator)
  • 26 Jan 2023 11:29 AM
    Reply # 13074047 on 13073043

    How cool, Justin! I'll be at Evergreen next week doing a lichen lab, so I'll get people to try it there!


  • 26 Jan 2023 5:06 PM
    Reply # 13074570 on 13073043
    Thanks! Hopefully it's easy to use for the workshop. Any feedback is welcome and appreciated!

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