Tools

Software and mapping platforms from SilvaLab and collaborators.

Applications and mapping platforms

SilvaLiDAR Air

A desktop toolkit for processing, analyzing, and visualizing airborne LiDAR projects.

SilvaLab Explorer

Explore SilvaLab’s mapping platforms—including CMS4D, ICESat4D, EMS4D, and RapidFEM4D—from one central portal.

CMS4D

Explore carbon, biomass, and fuel maps for the Brazilian Cerrado.

EMS4D

Explore multi-scale fuel maps and forest management scenarios.

ICESat4D

Explore forest structure and post-hurricane recovery in southern forests.

RapidFEM4D

Explore Hurricane Ian impacts and forest recovery in Florida.

OpenForest4D Canopy Mapping

Create canopy maps using GEDI and complementary satellite observations.

Open multisensor canopy mapper »

GEDI Forest Structure Maps

Model forest structure and explore mapping results in Google Earth Engine.

CHM 3D Visualizer

Explore canopy height models in an interactive 3D view.

Packages and open-source tools

ICESat2VegR

ICESat-2 data processing and visualization for land and vegetation applications.

rGEDI

GEDI data processing and visualization.

rFDS

Source code and package documentation.

FuelDeep3D

LiDAR point-cloud processing and deep-learning inference for 3D fuel mapping.

rTLsDeep

Tree-level post-hurricane damage classification using TLS and deep learning.

TreeTop

A Shiny application for extracting forest information from LiDAR.

leafR

Leaf area and canopy structure analysis. CRAN mirror.

ForestGapR

Tropical forest gap analysis using airborne laser scanning.

rForest

Forest inventory, taper modeling, and tree-stem visualization.

rLiDAR

LiDAR data processing and visualization.

SilvaLab

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, USA

Latest News

October 11, 2026SilvaLiDAR Air is now featured on our Tools page, with desktop tools for airborne LiDAR processing, analysis, and visualization. Explore the tool »
October 11, 2026Explore ICESat2VegR on our Tools page: an R package for processing and visualizing ICESat-2 data for land and vegetation applications. Explore the package »
September 28, 2026Carlos Silva and Inacio Bueno visited the University of Maine in Orono to share forest remote sensing research and lead hands-on training with SilvaLiDAR Air. View highlight »
September 14–16, 2026SilvaLab participated in the virtual NASA Carbon Monitoring System Science Team Meeting. Meeting details »
July 26, 2026SilvaLab shared highlights from its June 17–July 2 field campaign in Utah’s Fish Lake and Arizona’s North Kaibab national forests, collecting field measurements and LiDAR data to advance wildfire research. View fieldwork »
July 7–10, 2026SilvaLab attended the NASA Biosphere Meeting in College Park, Maryland, joining the Earth science research community. Meeting details »
June 5, 2026SilvaLab announced “Beyond Ice,” a review of NASA’s ICESat-2 mission for land and vegetation applications, published in IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine. Read the paper »
May 4–8, 2026SilvaLab hosted ForestSAT 2026 at UF. Explore the conference »
May 7, 2024FOX 13 featured SilvaLab’s AI and LiDAR research on hurricane impacts. Watch and read »
October 4, 2023Monitoring post-hurricane recovery with ICESat-2, SAR and optical data. Learn more »
September 28, 2023Fire and carbon research in the Brazilian Cerrado. Learn more »
February 14, 2023rTLsDeep: classifying post-hurricane tree damage with TLS and deep learning. Learn more »

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