Forestry Engineering
Penetration within tree foliage, through the pulses emitted by the LiDAR scanner, which will penetrate the tiny nooks between the leaves of the tree. This means we may obtain foliage, sub-foliage and soil-surface maps and generate a comprehensive analysis of the forest structure in 3D. In turn, with the help of these maps several forest characteristics such as the basal area, the biomass, volume or leaf area index, may be identified, with the aim of applying them to wood-volume estimations, visible area analysis, fire-prevention maintenance, planning of less destructive infrastructures and tree-height analysis
Identification of habitats that may be improved with different plant species
Protection and surveillance of natural reserves and woods (for instance, to avoid illegal tree felling)
Use of multispectral images to generate vegetal vigor maps, including the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). Identification of areas of stressed or ill trees by means of Spectral Signature Analysis and Infrared Signature Analysis
Monitoring of terrestrial animal migrations for their preservation, surveillance and protection from poachers
Early fire detection and generation of forest-fire risk maps, through the identification of tree heights, vegetation extension, tree density by means of automatic tree-crown counts, thermal measurement of heat and dryness, etc. On-site assistance in fire-fighting without risking any human life and valuable information about the state of the fire even in areas of low visibility for the human eye (at night, dense smoke, etc.)
Generation of bare Digital Terrain Models in forest areas, which enables the analysis of hydrographic routes and stream and soil erosion models
Assistance in land replanting, to decide how many plants or trees may and must be replanted, with how much density and where exactly (to centimeter tolerances). In our analysis, all the conditions of the soil, the terrain and the vegetation species are included, so that we can estimate the ideal planting density in every particular case