Team 4: 4est

Welcome to the repository for team 4, 4est, part of ESIIL and Earth Lab's Forest Carbon Codefest. This repository is the central hub for our team, encompassing our project overview, team member information, codebase, and more.

Our Project

Our project aims to answer the question: where are sawmills in Colorado and Wyoming? Addressing this question had two components: 1) identifying the locations of known sawmills in Colorado and Wyoming by integrating and verifying different existing datasets and adding them to Open Street Map (OSM) for public access, and b) testing different machine learning algorithms' abilities to detect sawmills.

Documentation

Access detailed documentation on our GitHub Pages site.

Group Members

Member 1: Elizabeth Buhr is a field manager and junior programmer in the Forest Futures Lab at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Her work focuses on post-fire forest regeneration in the boreal region of Interior Alaska.
Member 2: Max Joseph is a data scientist at Planet Labs. He estimates forest carbon, canopy height, and canopy cover using remote sensing and machine learning.
Member 3: Hutch Tyree
Member 4: Kit Lewers, University of Colorado Boulder

Code Repository Structure

Data Processing: Scripts for cleaning, merging, and managing datasets.
Analysis Code: Scripts for data analysis, statistical modeling, etc.
Visualization: Code for creating figures, charts, and interactive visualizations.

Meeting Notes and Agendas

Regular updates to keep all group members informed and engaged with the project's progress and direction.

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