by David Herries | Feb 24, 2019 | Planet Satellite Imagery, Uncategorised
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...
by David Herries | Dec 21, 2018 | Carbon Inventory, Emissions Trading Scheme, Forest Inventory, LUCAS
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...
by David Herries | Dec 19, 2018 | Environmental, UAV's / 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...
by David Herries | Dec 18, 2018 | UAV's / Drones
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...
by David Herries | Dec 18, 2018 | Harvesting, Training, UAV's / Drones, Value Recovery, YTGEN
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...
by David Herries | Dec 9, 2018 | Industrial / Engineering, UAV's / Drones
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...
by admin | Nov 23, 2018 | Training, UAV's / Drones
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...
by David Herries | Nov 22, 2018 | Forest Inventory, LiDAR, PlotSafe, UAV's / Drones
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....
by David Herries | Nov 21, 2018 | UAV's / Drones
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...
by David Herries | Oct 10, 2018 | Company Updates, LiDAR, UAV's / Drones
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. 2018 Programme Register Online Event...
