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With its shorter hours of daylight and colder temperatures, December helps us turn inwards to reflect on the past year. Keep your eyes peeled for an exciting look back on 2024 in the new year—a ✨ Lens Wrapped ✨ so to speak. Less daylight hasn't slowed our team, though! Keep reading for some exciting recent releases.
We’re thrilled to share that we now have Chloris's 10-meter Forest Carbon data available in Lens. This bundle provides annual data on above-ground biomass stock and forest cover, with coverage back to 2017. Get started with this data by adding it to your portfolios from the Library, then order for individual properties at $0.20 per acre. Your first order includes the most recently available year, plus the entire historical archive as an added bonus.
We’re excited to announce the launch of the Normalized Difference Turbidity Index (NDTI), derived from publicly available ESA Sentinel-2 satellite data. This layer is designed to provide valuable insights into water quality, empowering conservationists and water managers to glean insight into dynamic aquatic ecosystems and the impacts of changing conditions or land use. By comparing the reflectance of specific wavelengths of light, typically in the visible and near-infrared spectrum, NDTI quantifies the turbidity level of water bodies. Turbidity is an indicator of suspended particles in water which may be related to pollution or sedimentation, which can impact aquatic species and ecosystems. This layer is derived from ESA Sentinel-2 going back to late 2015 with frequent captures.
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We're excited to share updates to the Layers Menu on the property view page. Open the menu to view other layers that you've added from the Library. This menu is now alphabetized and includes information about each layer - just click the info icon to see more!
Missed our session? Watch the recording for a discussion on how to leverage geospatial data and advancing technology to more effectively and accurately monitor forest carbon projects. We provide a short live Lens demo featuring Chloris data, along with a deep dive into Chloris’ methodology and approach.
Has your organization considered upgrading from a Lite to a Standard plan with Lens? Take advantage of up to $1,580 in total savings when you upgrade by the end of 2024.
The Details:
'Tis the season! Millions of pine trees become Christmas trees each December, but before that they start as seedlings. Check out this farm in Oregon where you can see the growth of thousands of seedlings over about six years. Also, if you're interested in the environmental implications of real vs. fake Christmas trees, check out The Nature Conservancy's article here.
Save some time uploading your areas of interest to Lens by selecting US tax parcels! You can select individual parcels, or hold down the Shift key + click on multiple parcels to add them as one property, like in the video below.
Check out the rest of our knowledge base to learn more about working in Lens, and know that you can always reach us at lens@upstream.tech with any questions.
- Alison & the Lens Team
