High resolution forest mapping
Budget: $20,000 – $50,000 CAD
Over the past 10 years, more than 2.5 million ha have been burned annually by wildfires. Fighting wildfires is complex and difficult, as is wildfire hazard mitigation, but both can be greatly improved with timely and accurate fuel attribute mapping data.
The forest sector is operationally using airborne laser scanning (ALS) and digital aerial photogrammetry (DAP) data to produce and update enhanced forest inventory (EFI) maps, but currently there are no software tools available to quickly and cost-effectively produce detailed vegetation fuel type maps or fuel attribute maps from these types of data. In particular, fire managers lack maps of surface fuel and understory forest structure.
The forest sector is operationally using airborne laser scanning (ALS) and digital aerial photogrammetry (DAP) data to produce and update enhanced forest inventory (EFI) maps, but currently there are no software tools available to quickly and cost-effectively produce detailed vegetation fuel type maps or fuel attribute maps from these types of data. In particular, fire managers lack maps of surface fuel and understory forest structure.