Post Event Woody Debris Assessment – Cyclone Gabrielle Hawke’s Bay
The Hawkes Bay Forestry Group has released the findings of their post-Cyclone Gabrielle Woody Debris Assessment, encompassing the coastal areas and significant catchments of Hawke's Bay. In this study, our team utilized Planet satellite data which has available within...
Drone LiDAR for Post Storm Event Recovery and Future Preparedness (Snow Avalanches in Mt Cook)
In July 2022 a winter storm dropped 550 mm of precipitation on the Southern Alps of New Zealand. This initiated large snow avalanches and a mass movement cycle of debris flows, and erosion, which was the largest observed in decades. Our drone lidar surveys were used...
Algae Bloom Monitoring via Planet’s Near-Daily Satellites for Rotorua Lakes
Interpine offers near-daily access to 8-Band SuperDove Planet satellite imagery for monitoring the water quality of Rotorua's local lakes. As evidenced by this example from last month, this imagery can effectively detect the extent of an algae bloom in Lake Rotorua,...
Using AI for Quantifying Windthrow or Toppled Trees
Using AI to detect windthrow or toppled trees and quantify damage across a stand can allow forest managers to understand the next steps. In this example, a heatmap on the damaged windthrown stems per hectare is provided using down-tree detection using deep learning....
Woody Debris and Slash Sampling Methodology Post Storm Events
Objective Quantify woody debris / slash content along the coastal, and inland catchment areas, characterizing it by woody debris source or type, volume per hectare, and the total volume accumulated. Sampling Methodology Review Line Intercept Sampling Plots Due to the...
Kia kaha to all those Impacted in Cyclone Gabrielle
Many of the Interpine team have friends, family, clients, and colleagues impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle. Our thoughts are with those as they start the journey of recovery. A small token of our support for the communities impacted as we donate $10,000 to help in the...
Post-Storm Assessment via Satellite Imagery
Contact our team to get the latest satellite imagery of your forests or properties for post storm assessment from Cyclone Gabrielle. Interpine will task medium (3-5m) or high (0.5m) resolution imagery immediately to collect data on your area of interest. With some...
Interpine Awarded Best Health, Safety and Wellbeing Initiative for 2022
Great work team, yet another Timberlands HSW Award for 2022. Best initiatives award for the care of our team working in their forest estate. It is all those little things that add up and some passionate innovative staff that want to make a difference that matters....
GPU / Hardware acceleration on the Cloud Remote Desktop to speed up the performance of ArcMap in the Interpine cloud environment
Our team upgraded the Cloud system servers Graphics processing unit (GPU) capability with Azure which will enable a better performance from ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Desktop. ArcGIS Pro will automatically detect and use hardware acceleration (the graphics card) if it’s...
Tips to speed up the performance of ArcMap and GeoMaster in the Interpine cloud environment
Sometimes the responsiveness of ArcMap in the cloud environment is less than users would like, leading to frustration and slower work. Here are some tips that may improve matters. General IT measures Your internet connection needs to be above 80 Mbps to get good...
Enhancing Safety Outside Controlled Airspace with FlightAdvisorNZ.io
The Interpine team has recently been working with RNZAF Flight Advisor Service which has been created with NZDF and Aeropath. It is a simple way pilots can access any of our registered UAV flights simply and easily via Flight Advisor (flightadvisornz.io). Targeting...
Case Study Results from use of Emesent Hovermap for Forest Inventory
Our Remote Sensing Consultant, Sam West recently spoke alongside Jan Rombouts from One-Forty-One Plantations at ForestTech 2022 conference in February. Catch up on how Ultra-Dense LiDAR Point Clouds collected using Mobile LiDAR systems like the Emesent Hovermap are...
Drone Solutions for Wildfire
Learn more about the innovation in drones and there use in wildfires with this great webinar where Interpine is presenting alongside with the DJI Enterprise team on the advancements drones and their place on the modern fire ground. https://youtu.be/DFq8L3-XjAE
‘Technology on Steroids’ Remote Sensing, Forest Data Capture & Inventory Management – Past, Present and Future
2022 ForestTech Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand. Key Note Address | 'Technology on Steroids': Remote Sensing, Forest Data Capture & Inventory Management – Past, Present and Future.David Herries, Director, Interpine ForestTECH Events has, since 2007, been...
Upskilling and National Certificates Awarded Across The Team
Great to see our team building back better after COVID19 with staff continuing to grow their skills with a wide range of Competenz national certificates awarded across the team earlier this year. Our team choose to focus any downtime during covid19 isolation or...
Interpine’s South Island Operations are Expanding
Interpine’s South Island Operations Interpine has a GIS Analyst, Yannina Whiteley working in Christchurch. She is working remotely with our cloud based system and GeoMaster clients. If you need any on site assistance with mapping or GeoMaster don't hesitate to...
Automated Sweep Measurement Project
Automated Sweep Measurement Project Forest Growers Research and Interpine have joined to help harvesting operations to face some big challenges now and in the future. These include labour shortages, rising costs reducing competitive advantages, increasing barriers to...
Remote Sensing – Deep Learning Engineer – Point Cloud
Remote Sensing - Deep Learning Engineer - Point Clouds Application closes Friday, 15th March 2023 The Company: Interpine is committed to “shaping today's forest with the technology of tomorrow”. Our focus on research and innovation sets us apart from other industry...
Tree Detection with machine learning
Interpine has developed a complete solution for accurate tree counts and stocking assessments, using a machine learning (ML) model to detect and count trees in aerial imagery. This solution requires little effort to train, and provides highly accurate results....
LiDAR / Carbon Internship Summer 2022-2023
LiDAR / Carbon Summer Internship Position - 2022-2023 10-week internship available to start in November 2022 The Company: Interpine is committed to “shaping the forestry of today with technology of tomorrow”. Our focus on research and innovation sets us apart from...
We are not out there today!
Our team are all doing their part and staying home, safe in their bubbles and ensuring we protect NZ from COVID19. You can still call or email as our systems are in the cloud and keep us connected where ever we are. We might be slower than normal replying but keep in...
Benefits of Drone LiDAR vs Photogrammetry
The benefits of lidar compared to photogrammetry for forestry applications is the capability for the laser to penetrate through the forest canopy, providing 3D detail of the ground profile, and creating a virtual twin of the forest structure. Here is an example of...
Drone based LiDAR services extended with the DJI Zenmuse L1 Livox LiDAR and RGB Solution
2021 continues to be a leap forward in drone-based UAV LiDAR here at Interpine. To compliment our two Emesent Hovermap LiDAR units we have also recently purchased the DJI Zenmuse L1 LiDAR + RGB solution for the DJI Matrice 300 RTK. Simultaneous collection of...
Webinar: Planet Global Basemaps | Imagery at Scale and Frequency – 20th May 2021
Thursday, 20th May 2021 at 5:00pm NZT LINK: REGISTER NOW Countries in the Asia-Pacific are increasingly integrating geospatial data and combining their outputs with statistical and demographic data for real-time spatial analysis of conditions and modelling of complex...
Drone based Harvesting Cutover Merchantable Volume Assessment
Our GM / Director of Interpine, David Herries recently presented at HarvestTech 2021 in Rotorua, New Zealand on a new system for merchantable volume assessments using drones. Improving safety and efficiency while being able to quantify harvest residues across often...
GIS / REMOTE SENSING ANALYST – Opportunity
GIS / Remote Sensing - Analyst The Position: Due to ever expanding workloads we are looking for an GIS Analyst to join the Interpine Team based in Rotorua. As the ideal candidate you will be solution driven, self-motivated and committed to providing quality outputs....
Improvements in 3D Tree Segmentation using Deep Learning
A new research paper on 3D tree segmentation approaches from our collaboration work program with the University of Tasmania and ARC Training Centre for Forest Value. Great work to the project team and a special thanks to Sean Krisanski who is working towards his PhD....
Planet SkySat Imagery Replacing Traditional Airborne Imagery for Forest Remapping
Empowering foresters with up-to-date high-resolution satellite imagery over their forests from Planet SkySat 0.5m GSD flexible tasking and base map products. It is now even easier to update your ESRI ArcGIS & GeoMaster Forest Information System in our cloud...
As built 3D Scanning for Industrial Inspection and Engineering with Hovermap LiDAR
A small snippet of an industrial engineering site scanned with our mobile laser scanner (MLS) using the Emesent Hovermap SLAM LiDAR backpack. While the unit can also be mounted to a drone, here it is being used in backpack mode allowing capture of complex structures...
Drone Based Ultra High Resolution Full Frame Aerial Surveying with the DJI Zenmuse P1 Sensor
To complement the drone services team we have recently purchased the DJI Zenmuse P1 Full-frame Aerial Survey solution for our DJI Matrice 300 RTK. The Zenmuse P1 integrates a full-frame sensor with interchangeable fixed-focus lenses on a 3-axis stabilized gimbal....
Under Forest Canopy 3D LiDAR Scanning Capabilities of Hovermap Mobile LiDAR Scanner
Take a walk through the #Redwood #Forest Rotorua, New Zealand, in #3D using our unique #3DForest #LiDAR using the Emesent #Hovermap. Discover the "web of sails amongst the #trees" Find out more about how we captured this in less than a few minutes at...
Hovermap Mobile LiDAR Laser Scanning for Engineering Projects
Another neat example of mobile #LiDAR mapping survey with the Emesent Hovermap #MLS showing the ease of data collection for a range of projects. This has been collected at night when the traffic is not present, simply with a 12-minute walk around the survey area with...
Using Google Earth Pro within Interpine Cloud Remote Desktop Services
Google Earth Pro is available for use within our Cloud Remote Desktop Services for Forest Management. This is a goto for many needing a quick reference of geospatial data when managing forestry operations. Here are some quick tips / frequently asked questions when...
Tips for Using Planet Explorer for Accessing Daily Satellite Imagery
Some quick tutorial videos for our clients using Planet Explorer for accessing daily monitoring and SkySat Satellite imagery. From conducting and saving search areas to measuring the area harvested, and even finding where to change measurement units to hectares. ...
Innovations in Forest Inventory > LiDAR Data Collection From Under the Canopy
Innovations in Remote Sensing & Data Capture Technologies - Application in the Forest
DJI Matrice 300 with Emesent Hovermap for Drone Based LiDAR Survey
Our latest drone, the DJI Matrice 300 RTK shown here with the Emesent Hovermap SLAM based LiDAR. Hovermap’s smooth integration with the latest DJI Matrice 300 RTK allows our team to extend the capabilities of the drone significantly, providing robust collision...
Rich 3D Forest Inventory Data on Show at ForestTECH 2020 in Rotorua
Sneak peeks at some of the rich #3D #forestinventory data being shown at #ForestTECH2020, collected by our Emesent #Hovermap SLAM LiDAR units and processed into #forest #yield using Interpine's customised #deeplearning algorithms. Over 300 people attending the...
Averaging – A new method of carbon accounting in the Emissions Trading Scheme
The New Zealand Government is currently introducing new methods to Post-1989 forest carbon accounting to help reduce the harvest liabilities for landowners, therefore making the NZETS more attractive. The biggest of these changes is the introduction of the ‘averaging’...
Install / Gain Access to ArcMap Addins such as GeoMaster Mobile Manager
There are some add-ins to ArcMap such as GeoMaster Mobile Manager than need to accessible by end users. To enable these Open ArcMap and under the the Customize Tab select Add-In Manager. Click on the Options tab and click the Add Folder... button. Navigate to...
Use Common Spatial Data Shared to All Users (Topo Maps, Cadastral Boundaries, Roads, Streams and more)
Making maps is all about having access to spatial layers which provide layers such as roading, streams and contour data. Within the Interpine Forest Management Cloud we publish common spatial datasets centrally for all registered users to access. This not only...
ATLAS GeoMaster ArcGIS Geodatabase Setup for Cloud Users
To allow for best practice implementation of GeoMaster deployed within our cloud environment, this document outlines the common setup for most users with regard to ArcGIS file based geodatabases setup for users. Most of our users will have the following structure to...
Rugged Electronic Field Data Collection Coming to the DOC Vegetation Monitoring Teams
Our team are proud to be shipping out electronic data capture field kits today for Department of Conservation (DOC) vegetation monitoring teams. Featuring the latest in rugged handheld and tablet field computers, together with software and backend systems developed...
LiDAR Scanning Forests at Younger Age for Tree Selection Trials
Studying #trees early in their #forest rotation for selection is key to improving our #forests of the future. #3D #measurement for #stem form in young #trees using #SLAM #LiDAR generating a #virtual #3DForest duplicate. This is the same tree which has been #digitally...
Poplars & Willows – An Option to Maximise Farming and Carbon Revenue
Under the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, for participants with less than 100 hectares registered, New Zealand Units (NZU’s) are allocated according to the standard Te Uru Rakau lookup tables. Pinus radiata forests receive units under regional averages while...
PSLOG Export to Excel > Troubleshooting
PSLOG is used by many of our users inside our Cloud Remote Desktop Service. Some users have reported an issue where they get an error message when exporting some of the PSLOG reporting to EXCEL. This could appear as an OLE Error message such as shown below. The...
Sharing Files / Folders with Your Forestry Contractors Using Microsoft Office 365
As a forest manager using our cloud services, you can use Microsoft 365 OneDrive and SharePoint to set up folders for contractors to access information or just provide them with a link to a place to upload their data or files. For example, you might have a harvest...
Building a Stronger Team: National Certificates Awarded
Building a stronger team as part of our #COVID19 response objectives. Great to have some of the teams NZQA Competenz National Certificates coming through from all their hard work during our COVID19 Level 4 lockdown early this year. Interpine ran a range...
Edge Trees – An Important Consideration for Forest Inventory
When comparing edge trees with "normal" trees (found inside a stand) it becomes obvious they can be significantly different. A generalisation is often that edge trees are shorter and fatter (greater taper) and also tend to have large branching. An edge tree therefore...
Edge Plots: Walkthrough Mirage Alternative to the Plot Mirror Mirage Method in PlotSafe
Existing popular methods such as the "plot mirage method" (Schmid-Haas, 1969) for eliminating bias due to boundary overlap suffer some disadvantages in practical use; having to establish a duplicate plot outside the forest edge which might not always be possible...
Edge Plots – Forest Inventory Procedures Using PlotSafe
Before engaging staff in the field, an appropriate inventory planning step will save time and cost of the resulting forest inventory, as well as improve sample accuracy and precision. An element often missed when conduction forest inventories are dealing with forest...
Colourised LiDAR View of our Rotorua Head Office From Hovermap Backpack
#3D #pointcloud colourised view of our Rotorua Head Office as we put to work the #Hovermap #LiDAR from Emesent. Our team were also out scanning a range of permanent sample plots, some of which were close to 50m tall #radiata pine. These were scanned in 3D from a walk...
How to Create QC Plots for a Planting Event in GeoMaster with ArcGIS
Considering what forest inventory design to use for QC? When considering a forest inventory, as foresters we often need to create a sample plot layout across of net stocked area. There is a range of options available to the user in selecting the type of sampling...
A Glimpse of Interpine’s Thermal Drones and their Sensors Capability
Interpine operates a range of thermal sensors on our fleet of UAV's (Unmanned aerial vehicles). Just a quick look at some of the sensors and their capability. Thermal Infrared Sensors The DJI Zenmuse H20T sensor (shown above on our Matrice 300 RTK Drone), is a quad...
Running Two Monitors (Screens) in our Cloud Services Remote Desktop?
It is a simple process to be able to run remote desktop across two screens. This is useful when using applications like ATLAS GeoMaster as it provides for having GIS or Microsoft Office Applications on one screen and GeoMaster on the other. On the other hand, you...
Print from your Remote Desktop to your local printer ?
Often you will want to print a map, report or document from the Remote Desktop Environment. You will just need to ensure you select this option prior to connecting to the Remote Desktop Connection. Edit Remote Desktop Connection Select Local Resources Tab Tick...
Understanding the Look and Feel of the Remote Desktop Environment
Some of the features of Interpine's Cloud Computing services means you are logging in to a remote desktop session. This article aims to provide you with an orientation of this environment. The Remote Desktop This is a familiar Microsoft Windows operating system...
Connect to the Interpine Cloud Remote Desktop Services
Accessing the Remote Desktop Environment uses Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection application which comes preinstalled in all modern Microsoft Windows operating systems. For Android, Apple iOS or macOS you can download the Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection from...
Interpine Partners with Planet to Provide Access to High Frequency Satellite Imagery
Having introduced the use of the Planet Satellite Imagery to the forestry sector in 2017, Interpine is pleased to announce we have extended our capability by partnering with Planet to offer support and ease of access to high-frequency, high-resolution satellite...
Using Planet’s High-frequency Satellite Imagery in ESRI GIS Platforms for Forestry Management
Join this webinar to listen to our own Sarah Pitcher-Campbell discuss how the forest industry is using high cadence Planet imagery to plan and monitor forestry operations. Wednesday 15th July at 11am NZT (UTC+12), this is a free, virtual roundtable on how government...
Adding the Emesent Hovermap SLAM LiDAR Solution to our Services
We are proud to have recently purchased the Emesent #Hovermap #Hovermap #LiDAR simultaneous location and mapping #SLAM) solution to better serve our clients. This unit enhances our #forest #inventory, #drone #UAV and LiDAR services providing a glimpse that the future...
Operational Immersive Visualisation and Measurement of Dense Point Cloud Data in Forest Inventory
Interpine starts a new 2-year project working with Forest Wood Products Australia on operational immersive visualisation and measurement of dense point cloud data in forest inventory. This new project extends on work started in 2016, and involves working alongside...
Automated Cutover Mapping with Satellite Imagery – Case Study
How Interpine helped Pan Pac Forest Products save time and improve the accuracy of harvest reports with high-frequency Planet imagery. Click here to download PDF version of the full case study. MONITORING THE FOREST HARVESTING FROM SPACE Led by consultation...
Juniper Allegro 3 under testing for use in Forestry
Our team are reviewing the latest Juniper Systems device for Forest Inventory, Conservation projects and Log Scaling operations. Juniper Allegro's have been a goto device for rugged forestry applications and it is great to have the latest version running Android out...
LUCAS National Planted Forest Inventory 2020
2020 #LUCAS (Land Use Carbon Analysis System) training for #Planted #Forest National #Inventory underway using #MicrosoftTeams bringing our staff across the country together online. NZ’s #Carbon Inventory for Ministry for the Environment & working together with...
Our 15 Year Journey with LiDAR Presenting as Keynote Speaker at Arizona LiDAR Virtual Symposium
Our remotesensing team leader, Sarah Pitcher-Campbell is looking forward to presenting as the keynote speaker at the LIDAR Virtual Symposium hosted by the Arizona Geographic Information Council (AGIC) tomorrow, looking at how LiDAR is used throughout NZ.
Development of 3D LiDAR Tree Feature Extraction for Forest Inventory Assessment
Wondering what the future of Forest Inventory looks like from Interpine? An example of Interpine's automated extraction of 3D tree profiles and measurement. Shaping today's forests with the technology of tomorrow. Want to find out more, reach out to our team and...
Managed Service for Infield Electronic Data Capture of Vegetation Data Collected by DOC
We are excited to be working with the Department of Conservation (DOC) on the development of a Managed Service for infield electronic data capture of vegetation data collected by DOC for the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) Land Use Carbon Analysis System (LUCAS)...
Webinar – Explore the Use of HoverMap LiDAR for Forest Inventory
Emesent Hovermap's versatility, ease of use and data quality are set to be a game-changer for forestry management. On Thursday the 14 of May we are teaming up with Emesent, to bring you a webinar focused on the applications of Hovermap for forestry resource inventory...
Building a Stronger Team through COVID-19 Level-4
We are in our 3rd week of COVID-19 Level 4 here in New Zealand. As a business we are focused on taking this opportunity to Build a Stronger Team. Our operational staff are focused on Online #Forest #Training using #MicrosoftTeams to connect and work through...
COVID-19 Staying at Home, Save Lives, Get Back to Work Quicker
And the Winner of the Interpine Isolation Day 1 Safe Start Selfie ......Caleb Strickland. A Hunting and Fishing voucher is heading his way. In all seriousness, the health and well being of our staff is paramount throughout this extremely difficult and unique time. We...
COVID19 – We Are At Work in the Cloud, We Can Help You Work in the Cloud
During these unique and difficult times, our main priority is supporting our staff and clients while ensuring the safety and well-being of all. With this in mind we continue to offer our same great services, just from home instead of the Interpine office. We are...
Conducting Tree Nursery Seedling Inventories Using Drones
Have You Got Enough Trees in Your Tree Nursery for this Planting Seasons Orders? Interpine continues to fly its drones for forest nursery owners to provide a complete inventory of the seedlings in stock. While traditional approaches have been based on sampling the...
New Year, New Skills? Start Using Drones in Your Job, Next Course 16-20 March 2020
New Year, New Skills? Start using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV / Drones / RPAS) across the forestry, environmental, industrial and rural fire sectors. This 5-day Wings Badge course is a partnership between Massey University School of Aviation and Interpine Innovation...
Timberlands NZ Health and Safety Award – Worker Recognition 2020
Health and Safety Award - Worker Recognition Award presented by Timberlands to Adrian Moke (AJ as we all know him), our Forest Inventory Operations Manager. AJ was 1 of only 4 individuals recognised across all contractors within the Timberlands estate during the...
Interpine Staff Proudly Support Our Colleagues During Wildfires in Australia
Proud of our team supporting the Australian fire suppression efforts over the last couple months, with Sarah Pitcher-Campbell deployed to assist providing GIS Analyst Support for Incident Management Teams based in NSW, and Patrick de Jong deployed to assist on the...
New Forest Scanning Systems Tested
For the love of #trees, our teams love of #Environment #Forestry and #LiDAR combine with our recent work to step up virtual #forest #inventory with new scanning systems and analysis techniques. Our team continues to innovate in the assessment of...
Interpine Winner of Timberland’s Environmental Award for 2019
Proud of the team picking up the Timberlands Environmental Award Winner for 2019 at the annual contractors meeting recently. This was in recognition of the development of mapping systems to locate wildfire hotspots with the assistance of drones and infrared cameras,...
Changing Forest Inventory as we know it!
Our Director, David Herries recently spoke at ForestTech 2019 in both Melbourne and Rotorua. He covered how technology is changing the way Forest Inventory and Tree Assessment is being done. This short clip provides an example of the virtual reality systems which are...
3D LiDAR Terrain Model Carved from Laminated Wood
Visualising LiDAR 3D Terrain Models in Wood. Thanks to some teamwork with Scion wood lab our team recently provided a client with a LiDAR-derived 3D terrain model carved from laminated wood. This unique way of visualising a landscape doubles the meaning of using...
Deriving DTM using Machine Learning from Drone SFM 3D Models
Another look at some of our offices for the day. This time our professional CAA 102 certified #UAV #drone teams completing an aerial survey of a forest area to be replanted over the winter. Providing updated #DTM using #machinelearning for deriving terrain models...
Wildfire Management as an GIS Analyst in a National Incident Response Team
Patrick de Jong talking on #Wildfire Incident Management from a Fire and Emergency NZ #GIS analyst perspective around the Nelson fires in Feb 2019, great operational use and learnings of ArcGIS, Avenza Maps and FireMapper #ESRI #nzeuc New Zealand ESRI User Conference...
ESRI Field Mobility Apps, Webhooks, and Microsoft Flow Workflows Presented as NZ EUC 2019
Our GM, David Herries showing Field Mobilty with #ESRI mobile apps, operational dashboards, and use of #webhooks to load data into organisational databases with #Microsoft #Flow with #PowerBI for advanced analysis. #nzeuc ESRI New Zealand Conference 2019.
Drones, More than a Flight of Fancy in Forestry – NZ Logger Article
In Sept 2018, Interpine featured in the NZ Logger Magazine, profiling the work being conducted with UAV's / drones across the forest industry in New Zealand. It's the way of the future. And it's here now. Next-generation foresters will grow up with drones in the...
Care to Avoid Loss of Subcanopy LiDAR Data through Noise Classficiation Algorthims
The capture and use of high density LiDAR data across forest plantations requires a good understanding of the final output. Sometimes this output is only a digital terrain model and or other times it is to quantify forest attributes, such as mean top height, DBH,...
Latest Forest Industry Drone Pilots Ready for Flight
Another group of 13 #foresters completing their #drone introductory wings badge CAR101 course with our #UAV team and Massey School of Aviation this week. Great to see adoption of drone technology as a tool and the forestry industry leading by example and adopting best...
Hosting a Precision Ag Tour Group from Malaysia
We had a group from a Precision Agricultural Study Tour: New Zealand Series 2019. The group from Malaysia, travelling with Professor Ian Yule from PlantTech got insights into our work with Airborne LiDAR, and the use of drones in the forest industry. Thanks to Susana...
Drone Based Industrial Inspections Helping the Pulp and Paper Industry
Another one of our teams offices for the day, our #Drone crews doing #industrial inspections in hard to reach places creating efficiencies across the #forestry supply chain for #pulping facilities in New Zealand.
Virtual Reality Forest Inventory – Tree Quality Assessment – May 2019 Update
Full Forest Inventory Tree Assessment using Virtual Reality (VR). Data is collected using LiDAR and then field assessment is done within Virtual Reality. Another iteration in the development of field assessment using VR using a point cloud collected from above...
3D Modelling Forest for Harvesting Productivity Studies
An example of structure from motion modelling of a forest just prior to harvest. This is a 3D point cloud generated from drone / UAV camera imagery, which is then used in studying the efficiency and productivity of harvesting operations. It is hard to step back and...
LiDAR Project Started Acquiring and Processing 1.35 million ha in Victoria Australia
Our team is excited this month to be starting the acquisition and processing of 1.35 million hectares of #LiDAR across #Victoria #Australia. This data-set will support updates to mapping old growth #forests and #rainforest throughout #Victoria for Department of...
The Importance of GIS in Vegetation / Wildfire Events – ESRI RUC 2019
Patrick de Jong in our team presenting use of Esri #GIS during the Nelson Fires this last summer at the #ESRI Regional User Conference in Whakatane, April 2019. A great insight into the importance of GIS in emergencies and how our remote sensing team are involved.
So Proud of our Women, Working to Help Our Communities in Nelson Fires 2019
So proud of our women, working to help our communities during the recent 2019 Nelson fires, from Sarah being part of the Incident Management Team as their GIS mapping specialist, to Jayne piloting thermal sensor drones with Amber from Lake Okareka Rural Fire Force...
A look at the Nelson Fires 2019, Pre and Post Satellite Imagery Analysis on the Impacts
This web map compares Pre and Post fire, 3m resolution satellite imagery, of the of the Pigeon Valley Fire 2019, Nelson area. The imagery uses the the near-infrared band. Using this display helps the burnt areas stand out to the naked eye. The deep red colour...
Interpine Achieves 100% Quality Rating for National LUCAS Carbon Inventory
Interpine has completed its 3rd year of a 5 year program to measure New Zealand's National Plantation Forestry Carbon Inventory. Plots have been established or re-measured across the country since 2007 and this current program is the 3rd year of a 5 year program, on...
Thermal Infrared Pest Monitoring and Detection Using Drones
Drone / UAV flights at night for monitoring and assisting pest eradication operations at a Wildlife Sanctuary Reserve in Hawkes Bay. This shows the ability of a drone fitted with a high resolution thermal imaging camera, being able to locate, identify and then geo-tag...
Monitoring Traps Using Drones to Aid Pest Free New Zealand
Interpine Innovation helping New Zealand Predator Free 2050. Monitoring of pests for the purposes of controlling or eradicating populations is a key component in management of wildlife sanctuary reserves throughout New Zealand. Interpine Innovation strives to not...
Improving the Modelling of Forest Harvesting through Drones Studies
Developing tree breakage models is a key parameter in the modelling of forest yield. To model the height at which a stem breaks during harvesting and before log-making can start, allows for correct allocation of recoverable stem volume in which logs can be made...
Industrial Inspection Using Drones at Pulping Facilities
Our team have been working across industries with the deployment of drones / UAV's for industrial inspection. Drones are an effective way of getting visual reports from places where it is difficult to place humans. A recent example is the assessment of the...
Graduates of our Drone training succeeding out in the forest
Great to see graduates of our fly your own drone for foresters programme using these new effective tools out there in the forest. Acacia Farmery completed our CAA Part 101 drone operators training and earned her “CAA Wings Badge” certification. Acacia Farmery readies...
Demostration of Virtual Reality Forest Inventory at ForestTech 2018
Interpine team recently presented and demonstrated at ForestTech 2018 the use of virtual reality for in forest inventory. While the system can use terrestrial LiDAR the focus was on using utra dense point clouds from airborne sensors flying above the tree canopy....