Cone Survey123 AI Image Cone Counts
Description
High-quality seed is essential to sustain long-term reforestation goals and timber production, both identified as national priorities under Executive Order 14225 (Increasing Timber Production), Secretarial Memo 1078-006, and the Trillion Trees Act. Without reliable cone survey data, nurseries cannot collect sufficient seed, which jeopardizes seedling production, reduces reforestation capacity, and constrains timber production.
Detailed example
The outputs from the beta version of Survey123 are tabular counts of cones that are auto-populated in an excel spreadsheet.
AI / analytics pattern
Computer Vision: AI that processes and interprets visual data (e.g., images and videos).
Automation level / stage
a) Pre-deployment – The use case is in a development or acquisition status.
Expected benefit
Cone survey automation's primary return on investment is the time and cost savings from reducing manual cone counts and strengthening the reforestation pipeline.
Controls / human review
ATO: Not reported; PIA: Not published