I’m looking for a product or service (for a one-time need) to plot the location of 100+ tall pine trees on a 2.5 acre lot. The lot has no other structures, and when viewed using Google Earth, the it’s impossible to distinguish one tree from another. My goal is to take the information and import it into SketchUp. Any suggestions?
You need a surveyor, or a Tree Survey. Perhaps some arborists offer that service. They’ll typically provide a CAD file with existing trees as either points or symbol blocks. Blocks by species would be ideal as then, in SketchUp, you can just insert your 3D or Billboard tree symbol into the CAD and update them all at once.
Sounds like you’ll have to find someone in your general area since they’ll need access to the site. Have you tried looking in your area yet? For example, where I live, I found this company that lists ‘Tree Inventory’ as a service.