Select Tree Mapping

Overview

Development stage

PilotSource: b) Pilot – The use case has been deployed in a limited test or pilot capacity.

High-impact designation

Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact

Impact justification

Not reported

Start date

2025-07-01 (day precision)Source: 7/1/2025

Withheld from public reporting

Not reported

Mission

Topic area

Science

Operational functions

No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

Improving access to data about Select Trees (trees with superior growth for timber production) from Select Tree Registers (physical documents with information about the tree and its location)

Expected benefits

Cost savings by reducing the amount of work time that would otherwise be spent doing this repetitive task

System outputs

Outputs a spreadsheet with data about select trees collected from their corresponding registers

Technology

AI classification

Computer visionSource: Computer Vision: AI that processes and interprets visual data (e.g., images and videos).

System name(s)

Not reported

Custom-developed code

Yes

Public source code

Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built

Developed in-houseSource: b) Developed in-house

Vendor (as reported)

Not reported

Vendors (standardized)

None on the standard list

A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.

Data and privacy

Involves PII

No

Privacy Impact Assessment

Not reported

Authorization to Operate

No

Demographic features

k) None of the above

Training and evaluation data

The input data are scanned PDFs of select tree registers.

Federal Data Catalog

Not reported

Governance

0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.

Potential impacts and how they were identified

Not reported