Digital Forest Affiliates

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Our Mission

The Digital Forest Affiliates (DFA) at the University of Idaho unites researchers, industry leaders, and land managers to advance the science and application of digital forestry using data and techniques available today as well as providing a platform for developing tomorrow’s tools. Through collaborative innovation, data-driven insights, and cutting-edge analytics, we empower sustainable forest management and enhance ecological understanding. The goal of the DFA is to provide our partners with tools, knowledge, system designs, and real-world demonstrations to empower them to quickly build, deploy and leverage those complex data for day-to-day decisions!

Fostering Creative Partnerships

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Partner
Options

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Forest Industry
Collaboration

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Partner
Resources

Benefits

  • Map Your Data

    Bring your data into a map and discover spatial relationships for the first time.  

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  • Interact with Your Map

    Use our irregular polygon tiler, segmentation tools, and tree viewer to gain insight about specific tree stands and individual tree characteristics.

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  • Understand Your Data

    Discover how we utilize state-of-the-art tools and techniques in the context of forest management. Our approach enables us to extract valuable insights and patterns from complex forest data.

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