A component of Google‘s Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE) insights, tree canopy, has grown from 14 cities to around 350 cities worldwide, including Quezon City. This growth in tree cover has the potential to contribute to cities cooling down for hundreds of millions of people.
EIE is a free insights tool that draws on specialized Google data sources and modeling tools to generate estimates of a location, infrastructure, or activity, including greenhouse gas emissions, inventory borders, buildings, solar, transportation, and tree canopy.
Google’s AI-powered Tree Canopy Insights
EIE employs specific tree-detection AI taught to scan the landscape of a city or neighborhood, recognize the presence of trees there, and compute an estimate of that location’s tree canopy using aerial images and machine learning methods.
A city may benefit from trees in many different ways, from controlling stormwater runoff to boosting resistance to high heat. Along with encouraging walking, bicycling, and other outside activities, the shade provided by urban trees lowers cooling expenses.
EIE now provides access to the tree canopy data of Quezon City, one of the most urbanized and densely populated cities in the country. These key insights can be used by leaders and decision-makers in planning resources for planting and maintaining trees which are important in accelerating efforts against climate change.
One of the most developed and heavily inhabited cities in the nation, Quezon City, now has access to EIE’s tree canopy data. Leaders and decision-makers may utilize these vital insights to plan resources for planting and caring for trees, which is crucial for speeding efforts to combat climate change.
“Google believes that accessible, actionable data plays a vital role in enabling the world’s transition to a carbon-free future. We are proud that the Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE) for tree canopy is now in the Philippines, which could serve leaders and foster studies towards greener cities.”
Mervin WenkeGoogle Philippines Head of Communications and Public Affairs
To check out Environmental Insights Explorer and access insights, click here.
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