About

BERA Tools is a series of script tools for facilitating the high-resolution mapping and studying of forest lines (petroleum exploration corridors in forested areas) via processing canopy height models (LiDAR or photogrammetry derived raster images where pixel-values represent the ground-height of vegetation).

Motivation

Given that the process of manually digitizing detailed small-scale (boreal) forest lines is slow and prone to human error, a semi-automated solution is preferred for large-scale application areas. Additionally, high-resolution CHMs allow for improved forest line spatial analysis.

Credit

This tool is part of the Boreal Ecosystem Recovery and Assessment (BERA) Project, and is being actively developed by the Applied Geospatial Research Group.

Cite Us

If you use BERA Tools for a publication, please cite it as:

@misc{BERA Tools,
  author = "Applied Geospatial Research Group",
  title = "Forest Line Mapper",
  howpublished = "\url{https://github.com/appliedgrg/BERATools}",
}

Credits

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This tool is part of the Boreal Ecosystem Recovery and Assessment (BERA) Project, and was developed by the Applied Geospatial Research Group.

Reference

The Forest Line Mapper: A Semi-Automated Tool for Mapping Linear Disturbances in Forests, Gustavo Lopes Queiroz, Gregory J. McDermid, Mir Mustafizur Rahman, and Julia Linke. Remote Sens. 2020, 12(24), 4176.
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12244176

License

BERA Tools is release under the GPL 3.0 (GNU General Public License v3.0). Please refer to the LICENSE file contained in the source for complete license description.