SkyForest
Satellite Solutions for the world's forests
Trusted by foresters across Canada
- Million Hectares Processed
- 450+
- Harvest Blocks
- 10,000+
- Years of Experience
- 7+
About SkyForest™
Cost-effective, accurate, near real-time forest information from satellites.
SkyForest™ tells you tree species, height, timber volume, stand density, age, and terrain elevation for every 10m grid cell on your forests from satellite data as recent as a few days old.
Forest Industry
We provide benefits for the forest industry
Benefits Include
- Reduce the cost of accessing blocks.
- Find good wood and more volume.
- Determine the value of wood you can realize.
- Find the best place for road access.
- Avoid inoperable areas.
Forest Managers
We provide benefits to forest managers
Benefits Include
- Produce forest inventory quickly.
- Map forest stands automatically.
- Save money compared to LiDAR.
- Produce up-to-date inventory based on recent satellite data.
- Validate existing forest inventory.
Forest Sustainability
We provide benefits for forest sustainability
Benefits Include
- Find wildlife habitat for featured species.
- Detect successional changes.
- Measure forest carbon sequestration.
- Ensure sustainability of forests.
Our Solutions
SkyForest™ produces several data layers that can help you with your forestry needs.
Species Identification
SkyForest™ delivers tree species data at the forest stand, sub-stand, block or in 10m grid cells. Current maps of leading species, other land cover types (e.g., wetlands), and confidence level of the species identification.
Plan your Harvest
SkyForest™ species helps you forecast what species will come to your mill.
Current Information
Reflects the current species composition from satellite data a few days, weeks, or months old.
Consistency
Automated algorithms ensure a consistent lead and second species identification not affected by subjective errors.
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Hardwood-Softwood Composition
Where all that is needed is to differentiate between hardwood and softwood species, the SkyForest™ hardwood-softwood data provides fine-grained, accurate and high resolution data.
Plan your Harvest
SkyForest™ hardwood-softwood helps you find the wood you are looking for in your blocks.
Current Information
Reflects the current Hardwood-Softwood composition from satellite data a few days, weeks, or months old.
Consistency
Automated algorithms ensure a consistent hardwood and softwood composition not affected by subjective errors.
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Canopy Heights
When you're looking for productive stands and wood that meets your mills' needs, the SkyForest™ canopy height data gives you high-resolution information.
Plan your Harvest
SkyForest™ canopy heights helps you find the merchantable timber on your blocks.
Current Information
Reflects the canopy heights from the most recent satellite data acquisition.
Consistency
Automated algorithms ensure a consistent measurement of tree heights across an entire forest.
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Digital Terrain Model (DTM)
When you need accurate terrain data, the SkyForest™ Digital Terrain Model will give it to you in 5m grid cells. It is created through a new patented process that fuses a variety of sources of satellite imagery to create a DTM under forest canopy.
Speed
Terrain data for areas with millions of hectares can be delivered in a few weeks.
Accuracy
Compares well with LiDAR, with a RMSE less than 3m over most of Canada's territory.
Low Cost
Generated from global Earth observation data, at a much lower price than LiDAR.
(US patent 10,095,995 B2. Canadian patent 2,930,989)
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Timber Volume
When you need detailed information on timber volume, broken down by species or hardwood-softwood composition, SkyForest™ timber volume gives it to you in 20m grid cells.
Plan your Harvest
SkyForest™ timber volume helps you to forecast plan the volume of wood deliveries to your mill, and to find the high volume stands within your blocks.
Current Information
Reflects the timber volume from the most recent satellite data acquisition.
Consistency
Automated algorithms ensure a consistent estimates of timber volume across an entire forest and within your blocks.
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SkyStands
When you want to delineate forest stands consistently, accurately, and quickly, the SkyForest™ SkyStands will deliver the results.
Speed
SkyStands with millions of hectares can be delivered in a few weeks with greater accuracy than manual delineation.
Accuracy and Consistency
Automated algorithms ensure an accurate and consistent forest stand delineation across an entire forest.
Captures Natural Forest Patterns
SkyStands capture naturally occurring patterns in the forest due to changes in tree height and species composition.
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Crown Coverage
When you need to know the density of forest stands, SkyForest™ Crown coverage provides an accurate measure of site occupancy.
Plan your Harvest
SkyForest™ Crown coverage helps you plan harvest paths by finding dense stands of trees.
Current Information
Reflects stand density from the most recent satellite data acquisition.
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“SkyForest™ is faster, cheaper, more accurate, and it's in real time. These features enable us to do more accurate planning”