Log Scaling & Timber API
Log-scaling and timber maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically — the board-foot yield and cubic volume a logger, sawyer or forester scales a round saw log with. The boardfeet endpoint runs the three classic log rules at once from the small-end diameter inside bark and the length: Doyle = ((D − 4) ÷ 4)² × L, Scribner Decimal C ≈ (0.79·D² − 2·D − 4) × L ÷ 16, and the International ¼-inch rule by exact four-foot segments with a half-inch taper allowance, rounded to the nearest 5 board feet — so a 20-inch, 16-foot log scales 256 BF by Doyle, 272 by Scribner and 320 by International, neatly showing how Doyle under-scales small logs, International is the most accurate and Scribner sits between. The volume endpoint gives the cubic content by Smalian’s formula — the average of the two end cross-section areas times length — and Huber’s formula — the mid cross-section area times length, usually the most accurate — both in cubic feet and cords (128 ft³ = 1 cord). Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for forestry, logging, sawmill, timber-cruising and land-management app developers, log-buyer and timber-valuation tools, and woodlot calculators. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Imperial forestry units. Live, nothing stored. 2 compute endpoints. For sawn-board board feet use a lumber API.
api.oanor.com/logscale-api
