When we started SilviaTerra, Max and Zack (and it really was just us at the time) worked tirelessly on what would eventually become CruiseBoost. CruiseBoost did, as it still does now, rely on ground measurements as the basis for all of its prediction and estimation processes. But back then Zack was our cruising staff. Since Max had a background in app development and Zack didn’t want to have to tally by day and input information into spreadsheets by night, we made a handy little app to speed it all up.

Zoey, (the striped one in the picture) was Zack's dog. She was awesome and accompanied Zack through his senior year at Mississippi State, through grad school, and was there when we started SilviaTerra -- on all those long cruising trips. She made it fun, barked to warn about snakes (and oddly, turtles) and was always there to nudge Zack when it was time to step away from the computer and take some time in the woods. She also happened to be an actual Plott Hound. When Zack told folks (mostly other foresters or cruisers) her breed, they’d get a kick out of it. So as we grew and more cruisers started using our app the only name that made sense was “Plot Hound” in honor of Zoey. A handy app for cruising named after a handy little cruising companion.