mapping trees

Urban trees provide many benefits such as absorbing heat, filtering pollution, and absorbing carbon dioxide from the air. Photo: Willow Oak in City Park, USGS, public domain.

Google Launches AI powered Tree Canopy Lab

Katarina Samurović

Google is using artificial intelligence to develop maps of tree canopy from its aerial imagery.

Mapping Tree Species in the Amazon Using Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning

Caitlin Dempsey

Researchers have developed a method of modeling tree species distribution in Peruvian lowland Amazonia using satellite imagery and machine learning techniques.