Desarrollo de una herramienta mediante un sistema de información geográfica para el conteo de especies automatizado.

Abstract

The case study seeks to provide a tool for the identification and automated counting of tree species, in order to optimize collection processes and analysis of samples in forest areas. To develop this tool, the script created by Lia Duarte, Pedro Silva and Ana Claudia Teodoro, has been modified in its investigation of "Development of a QGIS Plugin to Obtain Parameters and Elements of Plantation Trees and Vineyards with Aerial Phorographs". The fundamental modification of the script is used to work on RGB images, while the base script works on multispectral images. This contribution is of interest because it facilitates the use of the tool by any user that has a photogrammetric camera, which are more accessible than multispectral cameras. For the fulfillment of this objective, the tool was developed in the QGIS GIS, using the Python programming language. The images were obtained in three different areas; in the Cuadras Park, located to the south of the city of Quito, in the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana Sede Quito-Sur, and in the páramo of the Chiles Volcano; located in the Tufiño parish of the province of Carchi. The tool allowed a correct identification of the arboreal species in the image of the páramo area of the Chiles Volcano, partially in the image of the Cuadras Park and null in the image of the Salesiana Polytechnic University. Despite this, it can be concluded that this research allows us to optimize resources when obtaining and processing information in the field.