GIS is empowering decision-makers, field workers and consultants to strengthen timber investment and natural resource management by maximising the value of timber assets and reducing costs.

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ArcGIS solutions for forestry

Intelligent Weather Forecasting and Alerting

Access comprehensive information on current weather, trends over time, and forecasts for different locations to support daily operations.

  • Improve productivity and planning for operations impacted by weather events

  • Align planning and forecast data to maintain operational safety

  • Create accurate workplans to avoid excess operational costs

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Forest Inventory Management

Visualise and monitor forest inventory data with location intelligence to provide better insights on current inventory detail, status, and condition.

  • Integrate spatial data and production data
  • Visualise production data in a map-based view
  • Easily monitor historical production and other operational data using map-based charts and diagrams
  • Directly monitor achievements against set targets
  • Customise map symbology based on productivity, cost, or other data

Forest inventory management dashboard

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Tree Counting, Blank Spot Detection, Change Detection and Post Advance Analysis using Deep Learning

Use deep learning for scalable, accurate and fast tree detection and undertake further analysis of health, or detect changes or blank spots.

  • High accuracy tree detection using deep learning workflow
  • Analyse tree health directly from drone imagery
  • Accurately estimate crown size of all trees to plan maintenance and other operations
  • Run regular tree detection and compare results to detect changes
  • Easily detect blank spot areas
  • Easily increase and decrease computing resources for faster processing

Products

  • ArcGIS Desktop or ArcGIS Pro
  • ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
  • ArcGIS Image Analyst

End-to-end Drone Imagery Data Collection and Processing Workflow

Drone imagery provides better visualisation of assets, trees, land and other objects and can be used for further image analysis or deep learning workflows.

  • Product 2D image maps (orthomosaics), 3D elevation products and oblique inspection photos
  • Plan and manage drone flights to support project requirements
  • Publish drone mapping products to ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, and Autodesk BIM 360
  • Easy to use end-to-end workflow

Drone imagery data collection dashboard

 

Products

  • ArcGIS Site Scan Flight Planner
  • ArcGIS Site Scan Cloud Processing or Drone2Map (On-Premises)

Real-time Fleet Movement Tracking and Monitoring

Analyse fleet routes, fuel consumption and idle time by integrating real-time sensor data with GIS to identify opportunities for optimisation.

  • Monitor fleets and other moving assets in real-time
  • Receive notifications for speed, over-acceleration, and unsafe driving
  • Measure volume, start and destination points, fleet capacity and distance between facilities to optimise schedules

Real-time fleet management tracking dashboard

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Integrated Fleet Dispatching, Tracking and Monitoring for Fleet Management

Easily dispatch fleets from a web application, send notifications to fieldworkers, and monitor movements in real-time.

Integrated fleet dispatching dashboard

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Road Management and Maintenance Plan Using Location Intelligence

Visualise road networks to analyse road conditions and maintenance schedules, and gain insights to improve efficiency.

  • Visualise road networks, including road conditions and maintenance plans
  • Access integrated mobile apps to capture road conditions with photo submissions directly from the field
  • Streamline prioritisation of road maintenance activities

Road management dashboard

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Telegram Chatbot for Handling Data Query and Quick Accessibility

Quickly access information through Telegram, by sending a command to a chatbot to receive a reply with current dashboard information.

  • Easily access dashboards and apps through Telegram using commands
  • Easily query data from portal feature service
  • Set security rules to filter unauthorised requests
  • Access most recent data from dashboards or web app snapshots
  • Request asset status information including plantation block production, truck location, fleet status

Telegram chat bot

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Automatic Detection and Alert of Hotspots in Forestry Concession Areas

Access real-time reports and alerting on current hotspots to help fire crews verify and prepare for potential fires in the area.

  • Real-time fire hotspot updates directly from MODIS and VIIRS satellites (15-minute refresh rate)
  • Automatically crawl fire hotspot data to database and detect hotspots inside or near concession areas
  • Automatically trigger notifications to field crow through email or Telegram
  • Easy-to-use form for hotspot verification (web-based or smartphone app)

Automatic hotspot detection dashboard

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