Research by Bluesky Reveals How Trees Cover London – Most Desirable Areas Leicestershire, UK, 17 November 2022 – Research by aerial mapping company Bluesky International has shown a direct correlation between happiness and the ‘greenest’ London Boroughs. By comparing its unique database of more than 3 million trees with the results of Rightmove’s annual Happy at Home Index, Bluesky has […]
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AgTech Company SeeTree Raises $30M in Series B Funding Round to Scale Globally and Expand into New Crops SeeTree’s Series B funding round is one of the largest for an Israeli Agtech company, which is already operating in Brazil, the United States, South Africa and Chile FRESNO, Calif. – Dec. 8, 2020 – SeeTree, an AI-powered, end-to-end service that provides growers […]
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Bluesky Funds University of Leicester Study into use of LiDAR for Detailed Tree Analysis Leicestershire, UK, 12 October 2020 – Bluesky International is partnering with the UK’s University of Leicester to co-fund an advanced postgraduate degree study into the use of LiDAR, machine learning and artificial intelligence to create citywide maps of trees enriched with new levels of information. A […]
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This Drone Can See Through Trees | Follow Indiana Drones on YouTube Fly with Indiana Drones on his most recent installment as he explores an Ozark forest to demonstrate the effectiveness of using an unmanned aircraft system with LiDAR to create a bare earth model. The challenge is real as Indiana is tasked with tackling the dense Ozark foliage to […]
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Chloe Barnes, Postgraduate Researcher at the University of Leicester’s Department of Geography, shares with Lidar News a summary of the paper “Individual Tree Crown Delineation from Airborne Laser Scanning for Diseased Larch Forest Stands”. Summary of Paper: “Individual Tree Crown Delineation from Airborne Laser Scanning for Diseased Larch Forest Stands” The published research successfully isolated individual larch trees within a forest […]
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EarthSense Scientists Conclude Trees are Most Cost Effective Way of Tackling Urban Air Pollution Leicestershire, UK, 13 April 2017 – Scientists at EarthSense Systems have completed a research project into the economic effectiveness of different schemes to reduce air pollution. In a study of Europe’s favourite shopping area, Oxford Street, the project team compared the comparative performance of a range […]
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