topic Forest Stand Delineation in Esri Forestry Group (EFG) Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-forestry-group-efg-questions/forest-stand-delineation/m-p/735062#M4 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am looking for a process to delineate forest stands into like polygons, using USDA-NAIP imagery and 3DEP LiDAR data.&nbsp; I am not looking for "stand typing" (I will do that using inventory data), but just looking to automate a process to lump stands into like species groups (hardwood, softwood, and combinations of each) as well as height class and crown/canopy closure.&nbsp; Any info or tips on what has worked for others will be greatly appreciated!</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 19 Apr 2020 22:13:27 GMT NathanKay1 2020-04-19T22:13:27Z Forest Stand Delineation https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-forestry-group-efg-questions/forest-stand-delineation/m-p/735062#M4 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am looking for a process to delineate forest stands into like polygons, using USDA-NAIP imagery and 3DEP LiDAR data.&nbsp; I am not looking for "stand typing" (I will do that using inventory data), but just looking to automate a process to lump stands into like species groups (hardwood, softwood, and combinations of each) as well as height class and crown/canopy closure.&nbsp; Any info or tips on what has worked for others will be greatly appreciated!</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 19 Apr 2020 22:13:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-forestry-group-efg-questions/forest-stand-delineation/m-p/735062#M4 NathanKay1 2020-04-19T22:13:27Z Re: Forest Stand Delineation https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-forestry-group-efg-questions/forest-stand-delineation/m-p/735063#M5 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Nathan, I'll admit I don't have a lot of experience with your unique problem, but since no-one has answered your question I thought I'd give it a shot. &nbsp;If you want to&nbsp;automate the&nbsp;stratification of forest stands by height and various combinations of hardwood/softwood, I'd suggest approaching this task as a&nbsp;Machine Learning problem. The Imagery Analyst extension&nbsp;for ArcGIS includes&nbsp;Machine Learning tools for this purpose. &nbsp;See this link under imagery workflows&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="https://doc.arcgis.com/en/imagery/workflows/resources/using-deep-learning-for-feature-extraction.htm" title="https://doc.arcgis.com/en/imagery/workflows/resources/using-deep-learning-for-feature-extraction.htm">Using Deep Learning for Feature Extraction and Classification—Imagery Workflows | Documentation</A>. &nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Apr 2020 01:18:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/esri-forestry-group-efg-questions/forest-stand-delineation/m-p/735063#M5 JonLunsford1 2020-04-29T01:18:31Z