Forest inventory software
In the era of caring for the environment and sustainability, of course, woods, are one of the great assets to conserve, improve, take advantage or regenerate.
We know that technology and, especially, artificial intelligence is playing an important role in the forest analysis before the techniques of forestry. But… How are forest inventories made?
Discussing among friends, we were clear that, from an aerial perspective, with airplanes or drones, with some forestry software It can control the number of trees or even to identify the different species.
In fact, from the Forest Integrity page you can consult the forest masses of any country in the world. But … What happens at ground level? How can you create a forest inventory quickly and easily?
Well, a solution that we found very interesting is the new one Katam app. A professional mobile software that you can measure the thickness of trees one click to get started.
We have been surprised how easily while the user walks, the forestry software can identify and classify the different trees in a forest.
Katam App: Measure and assess forests in minutes, without the need for prior knowledge or complicated tools
Using Artificial Intelligence (AI), the new one technology startup Katam Technologies, based in the province of Skåne (Skåne - Near Copenhagen). Has developed a new forest measurement service, who wants to combine simplicity, but without wasting high precision in their measurements.
The objective of Software is forest analysis and evaluation from the cloud. Collect and provide highly accurate data using a mobile phone or drone.
Once a specific area has been scanned, the video is uploaded to the online platform where the program will analyze the data and generate interactive graphics.
Generate reports on the stand density of the trees in an area, the height or diameter of the trees. Interactive data is downloadable in minutes.
The options offered by this new company are to capture data via drone (They call it Katam ™ TreeMap). Capture images to create an analysis that shows the variations within a forest mass, with the distribution of the density and height of the trees.
also can identify trees; the species or detect the state of health, for example, dead trees. Trees that should be saved for natural conservation, sustainability or technical reasons can be identified.
And through the App (They call it KATAM ™ Forest). That just by directing the smartphone camera you can create a report providing data on the diameter and density of trees in the scanned area. Replacing traditional measurement tools.
Although we have not tested this software (Since it is for the professional field, it is paid) we intuit that it will have a promising future seeing that the startup has raised several million for its commercial expansion.
You can access the company from Katam Technologies to learn more about this interesting forestry app to count trees. But … is there more forest programs?
Well, investigating a little more in the field of forestry we have seen some interesting apps, although, we believe that they have not yet entered the field of AI to count trees, woodland inventory.
- For tree inventory a popular application is Arbomap. A forest management software and urban green areas with tree status monitoring, plus other options.
- The Tree Collect app of the Spanish company Simanfor. For him control of forest stands and as a support system for the simulation of sustainable forest management. Dedicated to professionals, researchers or students linked to the field of forestry.
- There are also other generic applications for field data collection and measurement utilities. As an example, for Android they are the Forest Tools.
For interest, you can also consult the App to count materials with AI or the exceptional application of the App to scan facades and buildings in 3D, crazy!
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