Abstract: The system for performing a forest inventory is an augmented reality tool for producing augmented reality images of trees within a pre-established plot of land in which the augmented reality images of the trees are each virtually tagged with inventory-related data. A digital image of a tree and a surrounding region is recorded with a camera and displayed to a user. The digital image is overlayed with augmented reality tools which allow for determination of the diameter and height of the tree, and the digital image of the tree may be virtually tagged with a virtual tag including data representative of the diameter of the tree, the height of the tree and the location of the tree. The user may also append the virtual tag with data representative of the species of the tree.

Abstract: The method of performing dendrometry and forest mapping utilizes a stereoscopic camera system, coupled with a machine vision system, to determine the diameters at breast height of selected trees in a forest, based solely on calculations performed from recorded digital image data, as well as to generate a map showing the coordinates and calculated diameters of the selected trees in the forest. A ground plane is first determined, and then bounding box coordinates are generated about selected tree stems of the recorded images. The bounding boxes are evolved to determine stem edges of the selected tree stems, and the diameter of each tree at breast height is then determined. Geographic location data is acquired for each tree, allowing a map to be generated which shows the location of each selected tree, along with a tag representative of geolocation data and corresponding diameter data.