A push to digitize the forest
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WALL STREET JOURNAL — Weyerhaeuser is creating a digital twin of its timberlands using satellite imagery, drone photography and lidar, which will tell the company the size, species and spacing of each tree.
It’s using AI to pore over drone footage and calculate seedling survival rates—a process that’s typically labor-intensive. Weyerhaeuser is also studying semiautonomous logging equipment, and working to automate other parts of the logging process.
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