Tree-Level Forest Inventories

Individual tree detection for decision making.

Tree-Level Metrics for Better Forest Inventory Outcomes

Where area-based inventory offers landscape-level metrics, tree-level inventory unlocks stem-by-stem insights. By detecting, segmenting, and analyzing each individual tree across the forest, this method provides detailed information needed to support top-tier management decisions.

Per-tree insights for operations

Maximized value of every stem

20+ points/m² density

Suited best for mature forests

Your Per-Tree Datasets

Inventories at polygon level

Tree-, grid, and stand-level products

High-precision forestry data captured at the level of individual trees and supported by grid-based and stand-level layers for broader insight scope.
Individual tree diameter polygons

Tree-level attributes

Exact measurements for every detectable tree.
  • Tree-level Height
  • Diameter estimates and crown dimensions
  • Species classification at the tree scale
  • Per-tree volume and biomass modeling
Automatic segmentation layer

Automatic segmentation

AI-driven detection and delineation of individual trees for great structural detail.
  • Crown segmentation and per-tree identification
  • Tree-level variables: Height, Density, Species mix
  • Features that support forest operations and thinning decisions
Terrain form layer CHM

Terrain layers

Foundational LiDAR terrain products optimized for tree-level analysis.
  • Digital Terrain Model (DTM) for precise land elevation
  • Digital Surface Model (DSM) for visible canopy surfaces
  • Canopy Height Model (CHM) for per-tree height, crown shape, and dominance
3D point cloud of LiDAR

LiDAR-based layers

Metrics from the 3D point cloud to characterize each tree’s vertical profile.
  • Crown structure, canopy density, height extremes, and tree spacing

End-to-End Inventory Process with Arbonaut

  1. 1. Project design

    The process begins with defining goals for a tree-level inventory, as well as your requirements for precision and available resources.

  2. 2. Data acquisition

    Through our international partners, we obtain necessary data: high-density LiDAR, orthophotos, satellite imagery, and field plots.

  3. 3. Data processing

    Collected datasets are processed to produce relevant map layers for individual trees.

  4. 4. Result calculation

    We produce inventory outputs, ensuring a complete set of metrics for every detectable tree.

Transform Your Forest Management

Many organizations are already turning tree-level data into real outcomes. Will you be next?

Frequently Asked Questions

Inventory data can strengthen operations by helping teams plan workloads, logistics, and timing. In forestry and environmental work, inventory data helps assess carbon stocks and forest fire risks by revealing fuel loads and stand conditions. It also supports monitoring of deadwood levels, which influence biodiversity values and fire potential. Overall, inventory data provides insights that support better planning, sustainability, and risk management.
Tree-level inventories are ideal for thinning, harvest planning, nature value/biodiversity analysis, various carbon projects, and any operation where knowing each tree matters.
You get fully attributed tree layers through our inventory database, and via API-based maps for easy integration to your own forest management systems. We can also make it easy for you to download and start using the data via GeoPackages.
 

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