New York City should carefully measure a new tree

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39 points | by willmeyers 22 hours ago

3 comments

  • prattmic 2 hours ago
    I wonder how accurate the locations are in this LiDAR dataset and/or the Queens Giant Wikipedia article. The Alley Pond Park candidate looks suspiciously close to the the Queens Giant, so I wonder if it's actually picking the same tree?
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    • markstock 41 minutes ago
      The (typically government) agencies that pay for these scans create specifications for the data to meet. This is not hard to find. IIRC the accuracy is generally less than 0.1m (though the precision is usually 0.01 meters or feet).
  • paulkrush 20 hours ago
    Lidar is an awesome way to find tall trees!
  • rvba 1 hour ago
    such lists just provide a list of targets for some assholes who will cut the trees
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    • saghm 8 minutes ago
      You genuinely think that we should never measure trees because it might increase the risk of people cutting them down?
    • phdelightful 49 minutes ago
      We should still have some public monuments even with the risk of them being vandalized.