Linda Forest

LINDA Inventory produces operational forest inventory layers and yield estimates for large forest areas by fusing airborne lidar with satellite imagery, including Sentinel-2 optical time series, Copernicus Land Monitoring data, and high-resolution imagery from Planet and Airbus. The product automates stand-level attribute estimation — total volume, timber and fibre assortments, stem count, species composition (spruce, pine, deciduous), basal area, tree height, diameter, and carbon stocks — to replace or augment field sampling at a cost target of under 5 EUR/ha annually, with total volume accuracy of RMSE below 17%.

The service is delivered as data layers and integrations (Geopackage, WMS API, ForestKIT, LVM GEO) for forest management systems, accessible via a web interface or as a GIS layer. Annual inventory updates are provided at 20×20 m grid resolution or finer, with recommendations for final felling and thinning. Customers include major forest owners across Finland, Sweden, Estonia, and Brazil, with notable partnerships including Metsahallitus, Sveaskog, and Tornator.