DeepForest (Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2020)
github.com/weecology/deepforestFirst open-source deep learning package for detecting ecological objects — individual tree crowns and birds — in airborne RGB imagery, built on torchvision object detection with pretrained NEON tree-crown and bird models, simple custom-training workflows, and a pip-installable package; widely adopted for large-scale forest inventory, canopy mapping, and biodiversity surveys (Weecology Lab, University of Florida, 785+ stars, MIT License, actively maintained)
Sourced from
- GitHub — github.com/weecology/deepforest
- Awesome AI for Science — github.com/weecology/deepforest
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