Use case
Tag every tree's preservation
status on the actual grading plan.
Pre-construction tree surveys and tree preservation plans are a regulatory requirement on most development sites, and the deadline is fixed by someone else's calendar — a planning submission date, a permit review window. LogLog's job here is speed and accuracy on the site plan you already have, not redrawing anything.
Load the grading plan, not a generic map
Load the civil engineer's grading plan, the architect's site plan, or the plat directly into LogLog. Pin every tree on that exact drawing — the one the planning authority, the developer, and the project team are all already referencing — instead of transcribing tree locations onto a separate map that nobody else on the project uses.
Record species, DBH, condition, and preservation category or action (retain, remove, monitor, transplant) per tree as you walk the parcel. Heritage or protected-tree flags sit right alongside, so a tree that needs special handling under a preservation ordinance doesn't get lost in a notes column.
One package, several audiences
The export ZIP — annotated plan, spreadsheet, photos by tree number, summary PDF — works whether it's going to the developer's project manager, the permitting authority's reviewer, or the civil engineer redesigning around a tree slated for retention. Everyone gets the same source data, formatted for their own use.
Fast enough for a tight deadline
When a submission deadline is two days out and a site visit turns up more trees than expected, recording data once in the field instead of transcribing from a printed plan afterward is the difference between making the deadline and asking for an extension.
Where it stops
LogLog doesn't produce a formal tree protection plan drawing or export to DWG for direct import into a civil engineer's CAD software. The annotated PDF is a strong reference document for the survey data itself; the formal protection-zone drawing still gets produced in whatever CAD tool your project already uses.
When the grading plan changes mid-project
Development sites revise plans constantly. If the civil engineer issues an updated grading plan after your initial survey, load the new PDF as the plan's active page and re-check pin positions against it — since pins are stored as a percentage of the page rather than raw pixels, a revised plan at the same scale keeps positions reasonably consistent, though a materially different drawing still needs a visual check.
Retain, remove, transplant — tracked per tree
The action field captures the actual recommendation for each tree — retain, remove, monitor, treat, transplant, or prune — so a reviewer scanning the export can see the disposition of every tree on the site without cross-referencing a separate narrative report.
The old way
A redlined paper copy of the grading plan, scattered email attachments as revisions come in, and a last-minute spreadsheet built the night before the submission is due.
With LogLog
The plan stays digital, the data stays structured, and the export is ready the day you finish the site visit — no scramble the night before the deadline.
A dated record if a preserved tree is questioned later
Construction sites are exactly where a preserved tree's protected status gets tested — equipment staged too close, root zone disturbed during excavation, a dispute over whether a tree marked for retention was actually on the plan. A dated survey record with a photo and a documented preservation status is the kind of evidence that settles that argument quickly instead of turning into a drawn-out he-said-she-said between contractor and developer.
See the preservation and action fields in detail on tree data, and how pins stay tied to the plan on PDF site plans. UK development work under BS5837? See BS5837 surveys.
One data set, several stakeholders, no re-keying
Development projects involve a developer, a civil engineer, a landscape architect, and a permitting authority — often four different offices, each wanting the tree data in their own format. Because the export is a standard spreadsheet, an annotated PDF, and organized photos, each stakeholder can pull what they need from the same source without anyone re-keying tree numbers by hand into their own tracking sheet.
Make the submission deadline.
Free forever for solo use. Load the grading plan and start pinning today.