Make collaborative tree inventories easy with OpenTreeMap

Urban street trees have myriad proven benefits for communities including providing shade, improving air quality, assisting with stormwater runoff, raising property values, decreasing utility bills, and enhancing the look and feel of communities. But creating a complete inventory is a time consuming and resource intensive process. OpenTreeMap provides an easy-to-use public inventorying platform that enables individuals, organizations, and governments to collaboratively contribute to an interactive and dynamic map of a community’s tree population.

OpenTreeMap can be used in a single municipality or cover a broader geographic region with many communities, anywhere in the world.

Main Features

• It's open source so you don't pay a license fee!
• Search for trees by species, location, or advanced filters such as diameter, date planted, or tree characteristics (flowering, native, etc.)
• Add trees individually or load tree datasets to the system
• Edit and add information about existing tree records including species name, location, height, plot size and type, conditions, actions needed, funding sources, data owner
• Upload tree photos
• Export tree lists as KML or CSV files
• Automatically calculate ecosystem benefits (greenhouse gas, water, energy, air quality) based on a tree’s species and diameter
• Monitor user accounts, comments, and system edits
• Get optional integrated tree key to assist in identifying tree species
• Mobile version available

Discover Who's Using OpenTreeMap

PhillyTreeMap Urban Forest Map GreenprintMaps San Diego Tree Map Grand Rapids Urban Forest Project Asheville Tree Map treezilla - the monster map of trees

Resources

Intro to OpenTreeMap

Learn more about OpenTreeMap in this two minute video.

Tutorials

Tutorial 1: Searching »
Tutorial 2: Adding a Tree »

Webinars

Exploring Collaborative Tree Inventory with OpenTreeMap »
Exploring Community Engagement w/ OpenTreeMap »
Exploring Mobile Technology w/ OpenTreeMap Mobile »
Exploring Data Preparation and Visualization Tools for Urban Forestry »
Exploring Urban Forest Modeling and Prioritization Tools »

Articles

Read Wes Kocher's review of OpenTreeMap. Wes is ISA's Technical Resource Manager.

Acknowledgements

Urban Ecos »
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture »
Calfire »
Azavea »
TreeKIT »
Christian Wolfsgruber

Services

Have the base code but don’t know what to do with it? Interested in developing new features but don’t know how? We can help you implement your own urban forestry inventory application with OpenTreeMap.

Our services include:

• Database development
• Software configuration and installation
• Graphic design
• Upload of tree datasets from local organizations
• Software customization
• Hosting

Support

Documentation »
Report bugs on GitHub »
Mailing List »
IRC at #opentreemap on freenode

Future Developments

OpenTreeMap remains under active development with several new features scheduled for 2013. Major updates include:

Android Mobile App: Development of a native Android application for OpenTreeMap is nearing completion with an expected release in Spring 2013.

OpenTreeMap Cloud: A cloud-based version of OpenTreeMap will be released later in 2013 and will offer a variety of affordable subscription options to support the needs of small and large communities.

The OpenTreeMap cloud option will provide a lightweight, flexible system that enables organizations to explore a trial version of the software, sign up for a basic software package with a set monthly fee, or select additional options to customize the OpenTreeMap system for their city. More details coming soon!

Integration with our Forestry Modeling Tools: In 2012, Azavea was awarded a Small Business Innovation Research grant to expand our software tools for forestry modeling and prioritization. Part of that funding will support integrating those prioritization tools with OpenTreeMap during 2013 and 2014.