Monitoring Tree Planting Progress with Aerial Imagery and AI-Assisted New Tree Detection to Support Maryland’s Five Million Trees Initiative
Quan Shen1, George C Hurtt1, Yiqun Xie2, Lei Ma3, Janna Chapman4, Vivi Phan5, Walter Sha6, Rachel L Lamb7 and Frances Marie Sanchez Panday8, (1)University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (2)University of Maryland, College Park, United States, (3)University of Maryland, College Park, Geographical sciences, College Park, United States, (4)University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States, (5)Wheaton High School, Silver Spring, United States, (6)Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, United States, (7)Maryland Department of the Environment, Office of the Secretary, Baltimore, United States, (8)Maryland Department of the Environment, Climate Matrix Team, Baltimore, United States