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How open is the wind­break?

Upload a batch of side-on photographs of a shelterbelt. The instrument returns a defensible porosity figure, per-photo quality scoring, and a report you can hand to a farmer, an agronomist, or a carbon programme.

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Stylized shelterbelt diagram. Red marks too-dense canopy on the left, green marks optimal porosity in the middle and right, blue marks too-open gaps in the centre-right.
Porosity reading across a belt.

Methodology: Cornelis & Gabriels (2005) optical porosity

§ 01 — Capabilities

An instrument for fieldwork, not a stock-photo dashboard.

Photo thumbnails being quality-scored, four accepted and one rejected
§ 01

Capture & quality

  • Batch upload – dozens of frames per windbreak in one go
  • Per-photo quality scoring – blur, exposure, sky position, contrast
  • Auditable binary masks – every figure paired with what was measured
Compressed shelterbelt diagram with a colored porosity zone bar above the canopy
§ 02

Visual analysis

  • Spatial heatmap – red dense, green optimal, blue open
  • Weak spot detection – pinpoints sections by relative position
  • Three-zone breakdown – upper canopy vs trunk vs lower zone
Wind arrows hitting a shelterbelt and emerging weakened on the lee side
§ 03

Decision support

  • Wind reduction estimate – indicative range & protection distance
  • Batch consistency check – warns if photos don't cluster
  • Time-based comparison – track change between past batches
Photo frame with a tree silhouette and a draggable horizontal cutoff line at canopy level
§ 04

Workflow & export

  • Visual ground mask – drag a cutoff to ignore ground & buildings
  • Per-image cutoffs – set each photograph individually when framing varies
  • CSV export – every metric, every photo, batch summary included
§ 02 — Procedure

Three movements, from field to figure.

  1. Capture & upload

    Side-on photographs of the windbreak with sky behind the trees. JPG or PNG. Drag a folder of drone shots into the analyzer.

  2. Calibrate the cutoff

    Drag the band on the preview to mask anything below the canopy you don't want measured — grass, fences, bare ground.

  3. Read the result

    A per-photo porosity figure, a filtered batch average, and a confidence label for the set. Export, archive, share.

§ 03 — Sample output

The report a consultant would hand to a client.

Six pages, branded, with the porosity figure, wind-impact estimate, three-zone breakdown, recommendations, and methodology notes. Generated from a real batch in seconds.

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First page of a sample consultant-style PDF report showing porosity 44.3%, wind protection rating, and recommendations
Page 1 of the consultant-style report.
§ 04 — Audience

For people who measure things in the field.

Stop estimating. Start measuring.

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