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Haga
General description
Haga is a device to measure tree heights within fixed distances of 15, 20, 25 and 30m to the tree by the trigonometric
principle and slope in percent. The suitable scale can be selected by rotating the adjustment disk at the front of the
device. A reference tape can be installed at the tree to determine the distance optically.

Figure 1: Haga altimeter Using a Haga altimeter

Handling
The handling of the Haga is very similar to the Blume-Leiss instrument.

Distance measurement
1. Place the reference tape at the tree,
2. Determine an optimal distance to the tree by checking the view field to tree bottom and top within the forest stand
- preferably 15, 20, 25 or 30m,

Height measurement
1. Select the corresponding height scale by turning the adjustment disk,
2. Sight tree bottom, lock the pointer needle and remember the value,
3. Sight tree crown, lock the pointer needle and remember the value,
4. The difference between the measurements will be tree height: $h_t=h_c-h_b$.
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Figure 2: Live view measuring tree bottom Figure 3: Live view measuring tree crown

Note
When measuring with Haga, take care that the pendulum has stopped oscillating before locking the button. Be
careful of choosing the scale corrosponding to your actual distance!

Advantages Disadvantages

slope correction implemented correction factors list hast to be carried in the field extra

optical distance measurement dependance on fixed scales (could be difficult in closed forest stands)

independence of power sources (no batteries needed) in dark forest stand optical measurement is difficult

only one needle for measurements implemented

no digital storage of measurement results available

Applications
Height measurement

Related articles
The trigonometric principle
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Article Sources and Contributors

Haga Source: http://wiki.awf.forst.uni-goettingen.de/wiki/index.php?oldid=10014 Contributors: Fehrmann, Kunth, Pmagdon, WikiSysop

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