25 Jun 2025

Mapping every tree in New Zealand

From Nine To Noon, 9:20 am on 25 June 2025
Radar imaging

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Every tree in Aotearoa New Zealand's forests is about to be tracked - from space.

A New Zealand data science company has just been award a million dollars from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's Catalyst Fund to bring next generation forest mapping here.

The data company, Dragonfly, will be teaming up with NASA to use space borne technology to create detailed 3D maps of this nation's forests.

Kathryn talks to Dragonfly's I Director of Data Science Dr Finlay Thompson.