Tree Inventory & Management
Manage the complete municipal urban forestry program — tree inventory with ISA TRAQ risk assessment, planting programs, tree removal & permits, invasive species tracking, and maintenance operations — per municipal tree protection bylaws, ISA standards, and O.Reg. 22/04.
Risk Assessment
Planting Rule
Permits
Emergency Triage
Purpose-Built for Canadian Municipalities
Purpose & Scope
What this module owns
Clear ownership boundaries prevent duplication and ensure every capability has exactly one authoritative home.
Owns
18Delegated to
6GIS mapping, spatial queries
Work order creation/dispatch
Risk assessment inspections
Field data collection, GPS
Public tree map, permit portal
Permit fees, cash-in-lieu payments
These capabilities are handled by dedicated modules and consumed via stable API contracts — keeping boundaries clean and ownership unambiguous.
Core Capabilities
What it does
4 capability groups comprising 17 discrete capabilities — each with API surface, business rules, and data ownership.
Maintain individual tree records with species, DBH, height, crown spread, condition (1–5), structural defects, site, ownership, and planting history with bulk import support.
Core Attributes
Species, genus, DBH (cm), height (m), crown spread (m), condition (1–5), structural defects.
Status & Location
Status (active/removed/stump/dead), GIS point geometry, parcel association, ownership type.
History
Planting date, maintenance history, inspection records, growth measurements over time.
Bulk Import
CSV/GIS import for initial inventory loading and batch updates from field surveys.
Interactive GIS tree map with spatial queries (e.g., 'all ash within 500m of EAB detection'), parcel/road/aerial imagery integration.
Interactive Map
Pan, zoom, click-to-inspect tree map with aerial and street imagery layers.
Spatial Queries
Buffer queries ('all ash within 500m of EAB'), proximity to infrastructure, density analysis.
Integrations
Overlay with parcel fabric, road network, aerial orthophotography, and LiDAR canopy data.
Unique barcode/QR tag per tree for field scanning and public-facing tree information pages.
Unique Tags
One barcode/QR tag per tree — durable, field-weatherproof.
Field Scanning
Scan to pull up tree record in mobile field app — instant data access.
Public Pages
QR links to public tree info page — species, age, ecosystem services, planting story.
Designate heritage and significant trees via council resolution with elevated protection under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Designation
Council resolution to designate heritage trees based on age, species, historical significance.
Heritage Criteria
Ontario Heritage Act coordination — heritage criteria evaluation and documentation.
Elevated Protection
Enhanced protection rules — removal only with council approval and higher compensation.
Track EAB, ALB, LDD Moth, Oak Wilt, and Dutch Elm Disease with buffer zones, host tree identification, and injection scheduling.
Species Tracking
Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB), LDD Moth, Oak Wilt, Dutch Elm Disease.
Buffer Zones
Automated buffer zone mapping around confirmed detections — identify at-risk host trees.
Treatment Scheduling
EAB trunk injection (TreeAzin) scheduling, LDD Moth Btk application planning.
Tree risk assessment per ISA TRAQ methodology — assessment levels, target identification, failure/impact likelihood, risk rating (low–extreme), and photo/video evidence.
Assessment Levels
Level 1 (limited visual), Level 2 (basic), Level 3 (advanced) per ISA TRAQ standards.
Risk Scoring
Failure likelihood × impact likelihood = risk rating (low, moderate, high, extreme).
Target ID
Identify targets within tree failure zone — people, structures, vehicles, utilities.
Evidence
Photo and video documentation attached to each assessment record.
Every module owns a single bounded context, exposes stable APIs, and can be composed into any Civic product — that's the architecture that scales.
Krutik Parikh
Creator of Civic
Data Model
Entity Architecture
3 entities with 4 relationships — the authoritative schema for this bounded context.
Entities
Select an entity to explore its fields and relationships
API Surface
Integration Endpoints
9 RESTful endpoints across 4 resource groups — plus 5 domain events for async integration.
/api/v1/forestry/trees
Query tree inventory (filter: species, condition, risk, area)
/api/v1/forestry/trees/{id}
Get individual tree detail with full history
/api/v1/forestry/trees/map
GIS tree map with spatial query support
/api/v1/forestry/trees
Add new tree to inventory (single or bulk)
Ecosystem
Products that depend on this module
5 Civic products consume Tree Inventory & Management — making it one of the most critical platform services in the ecosystem.
Forestry & Urban Canopy
Primary consumer — tree inventory, planting, permits, risk, maintenance
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GIS
Spatial tree map, canopy overlay, infrastructure proximity analysis
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Asset Management
Tree assets as municipal infrastructure with lifecycle tracking
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Citizen Engagement
Community planting events and volunteer engagement
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Work Order & 311
Tree-related service requests and work order dispatch
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Technical Specifications
Performance, Compliance & Configuration
Tree Inventory
Risk Assessment
Planting Diversity
Permit Processing
Emergency Triage
Availability
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
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