Insights / News

Discover how California is using next-generation interactive mapping to visualize tree canopy changes and build heat-resilient communities.

The Oak Island tree canopy study reveals positive environmental progress, yet highlights ongoing concerns regarding development and deforestation risks.

Discover Boulder's new interactive map targeting key areas for tree planting and shading to boost the city's urban canopy.

AI startup EarthDefine has expanded its 3D building database to over 183 million U.S. structures. The data helps telecom companies optimize 5G networks and P&C insurers improve un…

The Hawaiʻi Tree Canopy Viewer tracks state tree resources to guide planting and combat canopy loss. Developed by state and federal partners.

Chronicle analysis of Oakland's urban tree canopy using EarthDefine data, examining where trees are concentrated and which neighborhoods lack adequate cover.

Methodology behind the NYT's interactive 'Where Should You Live?' quiz. Cites EarthDefine tree canopy data as one of 35 criteria used to score and rank U.S. cities and towns.

Regrid partner EarthDefine to launch a spatial dataset merging 156M building footprints with 150M nationwide land parcels. This maps 99% of the US population into one combined pro…

A beautifully illustrated opinion piece using EarthDefine's tree canopy data. Shows disparities across the U.S.: wealthier, whiter neighborhoods have far more tree canopy than low…

PlanIT Geo and EarthDefine have partnered to launch Canopy as a Service (CaaS), pairing high-resolution tree data with TreePlotter software for affordable urban forestry planning.

PlanIT Geo and EarthDefine announce a partnership combining TreePlotter CANOPY software with EarthDefine's nationwide high-resolution tree canopy data into a Canopy as a Service o…

In-depth feature on how EarthDefine uses LiDAR, AI, and 60cm aerial imagery to build and update its 156M+ building footprint database, refreshed twice yearly across the continenta…

Chronicle investigation into San Francisco's 669,000 trees using EarthDefine canopy data. Finds tree cover closely tracks neighborhood wealth, with affluent areas far greener than…

EarthDefine expanded its AI database to over 156M US building footprints, giving insurers rooftop accuracy to better evaluate wildfire and weather risks.

EarthDefine announces its US Tree Map: 550M+ acres of tree cover mapped at 900x the resolution of prior national datasets, using AI to process 120TB of aerial imagery.

EarthDefine maps New Jersey and Virginia trees at 1m resolution, finding NJ has 54.9% tree canopy, significantly higher than prior estimates. Extends EarthDefine's growing state c…

EarthDefine releases comprehensive 1m-resolution tree canopy datasets for Ohio and Pennsylvania, using terabytes of infrared imagery and LiDAR to map all trees and canopy heights …

EarthDefine maps Minnesota's trees at 1m resolution with 98% accuracy, 30x sharper than existing state datasets, and publishes an interactive per-capita tree cover map for all MN …

EarthDefine releases a statewide 1m-resolution tree canopy dataset for California, built on color infrared imagery and LiDAR, supporting urban forestry and wildfire risk applicati…

Geospatial World covers EarthDefine's Ohio and Pennsylvania tree canopy datasets, highlighting the 1m resolution and 95%+ accuracy that bridges gaps in national land cover databas…

USDA Forest Service Region 5 resource page on California's urban tree canopy, featuring EarthDefine data to support state and local forestry planning efforts.