Anton Holmström from Katam visited Skogspodden to demonstrate digital forest measurement with drones.
Perfect to do as an evaluation after thinning so that you can make an even better planning and execution of the thinning next time, was Skogspodden’s statement.
Read the full post here, in the latest issue of ATL. (in Swedish)
Digital skogsmätning
“Drones are widely used in forestry and at the Swedish Forest Agency to get an overview of the forest. Now there are also autonomous drones that can measure the forest.”
Read more about Katam in the magazine Skogseko. (Swedish)
Katam’s groundbreaking methods for forest measurement described in the magazine Land Skogsbruk. (Swedish)
Malmö-based Katam Technologies receives SEK 3 million and new heavy shareholders. One of them is Bengt-Arne Molin, former CEO of Sony Mobile Communications in Lund, who will take over as chairman of the company. (Article in Swedish)
Two articles published in the magazine Tillväxt (Articles in Swedish)
https://www.e-magin.se/paper/cj1xhq4r/paper/1#/paper/cj1xhq4r/8
It is with great pleasure and pride that we today are launching the KATAM ™ Forest Pro on Google Play and on our website.
KATAM ™ Forest Pro is a game changer on the forest market and challenges the old and manual measuring methods that are used today – welcome to the future !
The app enables fast and smooth measurement of extensive test surfaces, which are also flexible in shape and size. For measured sample areas, basal area, average diameter, trees/ha and volume/ha are reported in a exportable Pdf.
We started developing the technology in 2016. Several partners and organizations have taken the opportunity to test the technology with excellent results. With many requests to finalize the Pro version an intense work started during spring and fall 2019. And today we are ready to release the KATAM ™ Forest Pro to the Swedish and the International market.
Winner of SkogsElmia Innovation Award 2019
Katam Technologies AB – Katam Forest
Motivation from the jury:
An app for the mobile phone to measure forest. Measurements performed are objective and traceable. As a supplement to KATAM Forest there is KATAM Treetop detection which allows all trees to be detected with position and height based on a drone photo. By correlating this data with ground measurements with KATAM Forest, all trees in a stock or on a property can be estimated with both tree species, diameter, tree height and volume. Technology that enables precision forestry is rewarded with gold in the SkogsElmia Innovation Award 2019.
“We are happy to see, that our work from idea to working product is rewarded with a gold medal” says Krister Tham, CEO Katam Technologies AB
New measurement technology makes everyday life easier for forest owners
An example is a forestry family that the magazine Land Skogsbruk writes about in its latest issue (20190529).
Katam Forest provides fast and accurate data that the forest owner easily transfers to his forest plan. Thereby you always have an updated and current forest plan.
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SkogsElmia Innovation Award is an award whose aim is to lift new and innovative technology in forestry. The products that receive the award are considered to be so interesting that they contribute to the development of forestry.
Which grants that are awarded will be revealed on Thursday, June 6, in the Event Tent at SkogsElmia.
For gold medals, the product is a novelty and the technology is basically new. For silver, it should stand out and place itself among the best in the jury’s weighting. The criteria are news value, environmental impact, work environment, quality of the end product and economy or productivity.
