Abstract

Estimating forest characteristics using NAIP imagery and ArcObjects
Track: Forestry
Authors: John Hogland, Nathaniel Anderson

Detailed, accurate, efficient, and inexpensive methods of estimating basal area, trees, and aboveground biomass per acre across broad extents are needed to effectively manage forests. In this study we present such a methodology using readily available National Agriculture Imagery Program imagery, Forest Inventory Analysis samples, a two stage classification and estimation approach, .Net numeric libraries, Spatial Analyst, Function Datasets, and ArcObject.