Our Work
Remote Sensing — Urban Tree Canopy Assessment
Clients:
Funding:
- Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation Urban Community Forestry Program
- USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Program
For this project the USDA Forest Service took 1-meter resolution, false-color, infrared aerial photos of Boston in 2005 to gather high-resolution leaf-on imagery. Mapping Sustainability classified the imagery into land cover categories of: forest, water, impervious surfaces, grass, and wetland. From the land cover data Mapping Sustainability determined that Boston’s urban tree canopy cover in 2005 was 29%. American Forests’ CityGreen software was used to determine the ecological-economic benefits of Boston’s urban forest for mitigating storm water runoff, air pollution, and global climate change.
To purchase posters or digital copies of the Boston Urban Tree Canopy Map, please contact us directly. 60% of the profits benefit Boston’s Urban Forest Coalition in their efforts to plant 100,000 trees in Boston over the next several years.
Download the Boston Urban Tree Canopy Map (Low Resolution PDF, 9.5mb)
Our Urban Forest Cover work was presented in October 2006 at Boston Urban Forest Coalition’s VIP event with Dr. Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate.
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