OpenTreeMap is a platform that enables individuals and organizations to map and inventory their urban forest. This webinar provides an overview of OpenTreeMap's Green Infrastructure module and was given by Azavea on November 11, 2015. For more information on OpenTreeMap visit www.opentreemap.org or email us at opentreemap@azavea.com.

1. Tracking Your Green Infrastructure
November 11, 2015

2. About Us
Deborah Boyer
OpenTreeMap Project Manager
dboyer@azavea.com
215.701.7506
Karissa Justice
OpenTreeMap Business Development
kjustice@azavea.com
215.558.6184
Philip Silva
TreeKIT Co-Founder
philip@treekit.org

3. Agenda
• Overview of OpenTreeMap
• Tracking Green Infrastructure
• Bioswales and the Gowanus Canal Conservancy
• Encouraging Community Interest in Green Infrastructure
• Future Updates to OpenTreeMap
• Questions

4. A collaborative platform for crowdsourced tree inventory,
ecosystem services calculations, urban forestry analysis, and
community engagement

5. OpenTreeMap History
• Urban Forest Map
• USDA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant Phase 1
• Launch of PhillyTreeMap, GreenprintMaps, Treezilla, and more
• Released as open source project
• USDA Phase 2 Grant
• Launch of OpenTreeMap Cloud - TreeMapLA, yegTreeMap, and more
• Customized pricing with green infrastructure and other options

6. About Azavea
• Founded in 2000
• 50+ people
• Based in Philadelphia
• B Corporation
• Geospatial + web + mobile
– Software development
– Spatial analysis services
– User experience

7. Partners and Funders

8. Key Features of OpenTreeMap
• Map and explore tree data
• Add and edit trees online
• Track stewardship activities
• Add photos and leave comments
• View eco benefits calculated using
i-Tree Streets
• Mobile apps for iPhone and
Android devices
• Export data as csv
• Customize data fields and other
options
• Upload existing inventories and
update species list

9. Green Infrastructure

10. Goals
• Enable organizations to track green infrastructure resources
such as bioswales and rain barrels
• Include administrative options to customize green
infrastructure tracking to meet the needs of individual
organizations
• Integrate with existing tree data and search options
• Support including custom ecosystem benefit calculations if
available

11. Why green infrastructure?
• Organizations increasingly focused on supporting green
infrastructure installation in residential areas
• Water conservation is crucial as climates change and drought
becomes more frequent
• Stormwater management is essential in areas with a large
amount of impervious surface
• Trees are part of green infrastructure but don’t tell the whole
story

13. TreeMapLA and Watershed Solutions
• Rain gardens, rain
barrels/cisterns/tanks,
turf/concrete reductions
• Include ecosystem
service calculations
• Draw attention to the
importance of water
conservation

14. What to track?
• Bioswales, rain
gardens, and rain
barrels
• Point and polygon
based resources
• Support
customization options

15. Customization
• Select which resources to track
• Change the terminology for a
resource type or green
infrastructure overall
• Add custom fields and
stewardship options
• Set which user roles can view
and edit data

17. Demo

18. But what about?
• Green infrastructure
on mobile
• Ecobenefit
calculations
• Other types of green
infrastructure
resources

19. Gowanus Canal Conservancy

20. Tracking Bioswales

21. Community Engagement

22. Why Track Green Infrastructure?
• Make your map the central repository for data related to all elements
of green infrastructure
• Capture information on green infrastructure installation, programs,
and resources
• Look for patterns in where rain barrels, bioswales, and other green
infrastructure resources are installed
• Demonstrate the potential for and importance of installing new green
infrastructure resources
• Track ecosystem benefits to show the economic and environmental
value of green infrastructure

23. How Do I Get People Involved?
• Ask rain barrel recipients to add barrels to the map
• Coordinate with other groups to combine lists of green
infrastructure resources
• Provide information during yard tree giveaways
• Develop educational materials around how to identify ideal
locations for green infrastructure
• Look into incentive programs for installing green infrastructure
and require mapping of the results

24. Upcoming Features

25. Recently Added
• Set custom fields and field order
on mobile apps
• Choose number of trees
• Suspend your map
• Management page notification
bubbles
• Green infrastructure and
customization modules

26. Future Features
• Set advanced search filters
• Export ecosystem benefit numbers
• Urban forest modeling and prioritization
• Create and customize information pages
• Custom cartography

27. Summary
• Tracking green infrastructure gives a more complete picture of
sustainability in your community
• Customization options support adapting the software to meet
the needs of your group
• Encourage your volunteers and community to explore the
benefits of green infrastructure
• Build a tree map that meets your needs and that can grow
with you

28. Questions?

29. Contact Us
Deborah Boyer
OpenTreeMap Project Manager
dboyer@azavea.com
215.701.7506
Karissa Justice
OpenTreeMap Business Development
kjustice@azavea.com
215.558.6184
Philip Silva
TreeKIT Co-Founder
philip@treekit.org

30. Exploring Collaborative Tree Inventory with OpenTreeMap
Tracking Your Green Infrastructure
November 11, 2015