Build a site baseline
Source historical observations for the project and relevant reference areas. Match seasons and coverage so later comparisons retain a meaningful starting point.
What you take away
A baseline data package with dates and sources
Solutions / Restoration & ecosystem monitoring
Follow restoration work from baseline to review.
Combine project boundaries, intervention dates and field plots with Earth observations. Order monitoring data, compare changes or build a recurring review app without writing GIS software.
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Explore a workflow for this industry. The app preview uses illustrative data; contact us to discuss your own sites, requirements and access.
For your team
- Restoration operators
- Ecological consultants
- Conservation program teams
The work you need to do
Keep each intervention connected to the evidence.
Plan field verification
Review vegetation patterns alongside planting, management and field records. Prioritize areas needing inspection and retain locations where observations cannot resolve the question.
What you take away
A monitoring shortlist tied to intervention history
Prepare repeat project reports
Use consistent site names, periods and review criteria across reporting rounds. Keep the measured change, interpretation and field confirmation distinct for recipients.
What you take away
A dated monitoring report with reviewable evidence
01 / Acquire the data
Order for your location.
Specify what matters.
Request monitoring data for restoration sites anywhere on Earth. Define the baseline, repeat observations and structural information needed for your reporting and field program.
- Parcels & reference areas
- Provide management units, intervention boundaries and appropriate comparison areas. Identify narrow planting strips or young vegetation that may require finer observations or field surveys.
- Baseline & monitoring periods
- Specify pre-intervention dates and comparable seasonal windows. Match proposed new collection to field campaigns and reporting deadlines, with repeat needs stated explicitly.
- Condition & structure measurements
- Choose suitable vegetation measurements and height data for structural questions. Inspect usable coverage, survey age, calibration and the sampling limits of each source.
- Reporting & delivery rights
- Define analytical files, source metadata and reporting requirements. Check export and publication permissions, the total quote and delivery terms before ordering.
- Multispectral seasonal history
- Radar where suitable
- Canopy height and laser surveys (lidar)
- Field plots and intervention records
Just need the data? Acquiring it is a complete outcome. Use delivered files in your own tools where the license permits, or continue with analysis and apps in Milkypad.
02 / Run your own analysis
Prepare a restoration monitoring round
Ask the assistant to organize your program comparisons, then interpret changes using field evidence.
- 01
Set the monitoring question
Add parcels, intervention dates and existing plot records. Describe the change you want to investigate and the review period for the report.
- 02
Assemble a comparable history
Review available baseline and follow-up observations. Check seasons, usable coverage and suitable methods, keeping missing or unsuitable periods visible.
- 03
Connect change to field evidence
Compare site patterns with management history and field plots. Identify where another visit or measurement is needed before drawing a conclusion.
- 04
Report and continue
Prepare a review package or save the workflow as an app. Carry the site history forward while recording each new monitoring result separately.
03 / Build and customize your app
Restoration Review Workspace
A proposed app for program teams to compare sites, inspect intervention histories and prepare the next field campaign.
Explore a prepared example
Connect restoration parcels to their field history
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01 / Data inputs
Build the baseline around your parcels
Combine intervention boundaries, comparable seasonal observations and field plots. Include reference areas where they help answer the monitoring question.
- Planting parcelsThe units under review
- Reference areaContext for the comparison
- Field plotsLocal measurements and observations
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02 / Review a layer
Compare a parcel with its context
The highlighted block illustrates a change to review alongside intervention dates and field measurements. Greening alone does not establish restoration success.
- Planting blockReview the seasonal difference
- Reference vegetationCompare similar conditions
- Field plotCheck the recorded local evidence
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03 / Use an app
Organize the next monitoring round
A custom app can link each parcel to its intervention history, field findings and reporting status so the team can continue the review.
- Planting blockSchedule field verification
- Reference areaInclude in the comparison
- Field plotAttach the monitoring record
Prepared scenes and records show how a workflow could look. These are illustrative locations and layers, with no live data or analysis.
Illustrative app brief
Build a restoration review app with parcel histories, seasonal comparisons and field findings. Let the team select sites for inspection and prepare a monitoring report.
Describe the tool and the changes you need in ordinary language. The AI assistant helps build it; colleagues use the resulting maps, tables, and controls without writing code.
Explore App BuilderControls for your team
- Filter program and intervention
- Choose monitoring periods
- Inspect field-plot records
- Update site review status
Parcel history
Observations, interventions and field findings displayed on the same timeline.
Field review list
Sites needing verification, their review reasons and missing measurements.
Monitoring report
Comparable results with sources, assumptions and the evidence supporting each interpretation.
Use the result with context
Distinguish greening from ecological recovery
Seasonal vegetation change does not establish species survival, biodiversity recovery or the cause of improvement. Use field plots and appropriate reference areas. Carbon claims also require validated models and the applicable accounting method; canopy height alone does not establish credit eligibility.
Questions for your workflow
Plan the work
around your needs.
Can I order a baseline without building an app?
Yes. Historical data acquisition can be the complete request. Specify the sites, periods and delivery rights needed by your reporting or analysis tools.
Can satellite data count newly planted trees?
Young plants and narrow planting rows may be smaller than the useful detail of available observations. Match the source to the task and verify survival locally.
Can we adapt the app for different programs?
Describe the parcel filters, interventions, field forms and report views each program needs. The assistant helps revise the app while retaining the project evidence.
Milkypad for restoration
What does your next restoration review need?
Share your project area, baseline dates and monitoring questions, or describe the data package and recurring app your program needs.
Discuss your requirements