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.
GIS ANALYST – Opportunity to Join the Team
GIS Analyst The Company: Interpine Group Ltd (Interpine) is a forest and land use consulting and data management company based in Rotorua. We specialise in information technology and are experts in forestry data management systems, GIS, LiDAR, remote sensing,...
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....
Renewal of CAA CAR102 Drone Operations Certification for Next 5 Years
Congratulations to our team for a successful audit and re-certification of our drones operations working under the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of NZ. The team showed their professionalism and attention to detail throughout the re-certification process and this...
Meet the Team at ForestTech 2018
Interpine will again be along at ForestTech 2018, being held in Rotorua and Melbourne this November. Come along and hear about our latest advances in Virtual Reality, LiDAR and Drone applications across the forest industry.
Use of UAV / Drones for Wildfire Operations Profiled at WAFA Conference in Wellington
Patrick and Chris from our UAV / Drone operations and remote sensing team presenting at Women & Fire Fighting Australasia Inc Conference 2018 in Wellington this week. They were part of a workshop series at Wellington airport hanger looking at highlighting Air...
Interpine helping with North American Wildfires in Canada
Interpine's General Manager, David Herries recently took some time out from overseeing Interpine's Innovative team and deployed into British Columbia, Canada to help with the wildfires over the 2018 summer. Outside of his role with Interpine, David is also a...
Virtual reality experiments in Rotorua could replace forestry field work
The forestry industry has been experimenting with virtual reality in Rotorua this week to develop new ways of measuring tree growth. The University of Tasmania and Interpine are carrying out the research, which is partially funded by Forest and Wood Products...
Tree Seedling Delivery using Drones becomes a Reality
#Drone / #UAV #Tree #Seedlings #Delivery for #Forestry #Plantation establishment in steep hill country in #NewZealand. Significant reduction in risk of slip, trip, fall and back strain incidents while increasing productivity through reduced downtime. While pizza...