Forestry and Conservation
Forestry is a broad field that includes the creation, conservation, and management of forests in ways that are beneficial both to humans and the environment.
Hexagon Geospatial technology can help users see how forest data has changed over time, identify characteristics of the soil, and more. Using this information, conservationists can manage current forest presence and find the best course of action in planting new trees.
Burn Ratio Index - Provides a measure of the severity of fire damage by comparing the difference in reflectance of the near infrared and short wave infrared bands.
Iron Oxide Index- Identify the presence of iron oxide in soils. Iron is a catalyst for the synthesis of chlorophyll in plants.
Water Presence Index - Identify the presence of standing water or moisture. Analyze areas for drought severity.
Basic Change Detection - Compare two images captured at different times and programmatically find what has changed between them.
IMAGINE Photogrammetry - By automating precision measurement and including flexible operations such as terrain editing and feature extraction, IMAGINE Photogrammetry increases productivity while ensuring high accuracy.
ERDAS APOLLO - A comprehensive data management, analysis, and delivery system. Enables organizations to organize and deliver massive volumes of data, and consistently delivers geospatial data faster and with less hardware than competing server-based products.
Monitoring Forest Cover Changes in Madhya Pradesh
Learn how the Madhya Pradesh Forestry Department uses Hexagon Geospatial technology to systematically organize the planning, implementation, and monitoring of all forestry-related operations.
Accurate Efficient Mapping to Protect Wetlands in Adirondack Park
Learn how Adirondack Park in New York saves money by using Hexagon Geospatial technologies to view images in 3D to better determine wetland boundaries in the landscape before deploying resources.
Tracking Invasive Tree Species in South Africa
ARC is implementing systems to control invasive tree species through a study that uses Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) techniques to map and monitor the current invaded areas.
Measuring Impact of Industrial Growth on Forests
Using remote sensing tools to measure the changes in land use and land cover, North-Eastern Space Applications Centre in India studied the spread of industrial units to quantify change in forest cover and deforestation as a direct result of establishing cement factories.
Managing a Forest Full of Data in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
State Forestry Institute of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany implements a statewide data management system from Hexagon Geospatial's partner GEOSYSTEMS.
Measuring Impacts of Industrial Growth on Forest Land through Remote Sensing in Lumshnong
The North-Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC) was tasked with measuring impact of industrial growth on forest land through remote sensing in Lumshnong.
Using High Probability Image Segmentation to Create Tree Canopy Regions for Zonal Change Detection
Creating natural zones from image segmentation using zonal change detection can save time in determining how much tree canopy is removed from year to year.
Searching for the Source of the Essequibo River
A team from Germany’s Dresden University of Applied Sciences used ERDAS IMAGINE to plan an expedition to find the Essequibo River's headwaters.
Tracking Trees and Other Assets Geospatially in Baton Rouge
The City of Baton Rouge utilizes Mobile MapWorks to tag live oak trees and bottomland hardwood forests, getting sub-address level accuracy on their assets.