Mapping The World’s Urban Forests for a Greener Future
PlanIT Geo™ is a global urban forestry consulting and software development firm. Founded in 2012 to address the growing technical divide between urban forestry professionals and the tree and canopy data that could make their jobs easier. To bridge that gap we developed the TreePlotter™ software suite to make urban forestry data collection and management faster, with less technical hurdles, and more accessible and interactive for professionals and the general public.
The powerful, yet easy-to-use software was quickly embraced by the industry and we now have 350 software clients in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors across 20 different countries. We also offer tree inventory, urban forestry consulting, and geospatial mapping services in addition to our subscription software products. To keep pace with client demand we’ve grown quickly, and have 35 employees who specialize in GIS, software development, urban forestry, tree care, finance, administration, and SaaS.
Through this growth and evolution we’ve remained relentless in our pursuit of customer-driven innovations to foster better management of green infrastructure and broader awareness of the triple bottom line benefits (social, economic, and environmental) of nature-based solutions. We will continue to work hard to enable governments to spend public funds efficiently and transparently, for tree care businesses to grow and meet client needs, for consultants to provide professional services, data, and recommendations, and foundations to assist cities in engaging the public and other stakeholders. The scale may be changing, but the mission remains the same: mapping the world’s urban forests for a greener future.
"We all know how important urban trees are for the wellbeing of people living in the cities. PlanIT Geo comes with great solutions, knowledge and experience how you as a city can form policy’s, track and manage the canopy of your city. Together we can strengthen our respective offerings and for us at HUGSI this means that we can share more insights about the tree canopy to benefit all HUGSI-cities."
— Team HUGSI
