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GIS & Aerial Mapping Services in Utah

Clear Spatial Information for Confident Land Decisions


Alpine Forestry provides integrated GIS and aerial mapping services that turn complex spatial data into clear, usable insight. Our work supports wildfire mitigation, land management, planning, and long-term stewardship for landowners, HOAs, agencies, and project teams across Utah — helping decisions happen before work begins.

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What This Service Is Used For

Clients use GIS and aerial mapping when they need to:

  • Plan wildfire mitigation and defensible space projects

  • Manage large or multi-parcel properties

  • Evaluate forest health, vegetation patterns, and risk

  • Document site conditions before or after work

  • Support reporting, grants, or compliance requirements

Integrated With On-the-Ground Work

Because Alpine Forestry also plans and performs wildfire mitigation, land management, and arborist work, we understand how terrain, access, vegetation, and equipment actually affect a project. That field experience shapes how data is collected, analyzed, and presented.

Aerial Mapping: Learn Your Land

Aerial mapping provides a perspective that’s difficult — and often impossible — to capture from the ground alone.

alpine forestry mapping services showing fuel density

Understand vegetation patterns and fuel continuity

aerial mapping showing land after fuel treatment


Monitor change over time

Before treatment image showing a dense land with underbrush and trees crowded

Document existing conditions before work begins

aerial image of rolling hills and trail in the mountains

Support long-term land and forest management planning

Aerial Mapping Capabilities

Our unmanned aerial systems collect data products that are measured, referenced, and applied directly to planning and implementation.

Capabilities:

  • High-resolution aerial imagery

  • Geo-referenced orthomosaic maps

  • Digital elevation data

  • Forest structure and vegetation modeling

orthomosaic aerial imagery trees and road shown from above

How Aerial Mapping Is Applied

We apply aerial mapping across a wide range of forestry and land management needs, including:

  • Burn pile counts and documentation

  • Vegetation and tree distribution analysis

  • Forest health monitoring

  • Structural and landscape change documentation

  • Stem counts and density estimates

  • Wildfire mitigation and defensible space planning

  • Conservation easement and compliance monitoring

Fast, accurate data collection allows projects to be scoped correctly and managed efficiently — especially on large or complex properties.

GIS & Remote Sensing Capabilities

Our GIS work combines field knowledge with modern spatial analysis to deliver practical, decision-ready results.

  1. Natural resource remote sensing and data analysis

  2. UAS-derived terrain and surface modeling

  3. GIS mapping and analysis using ESRI ArcGIS®

Web-Based Mapping & Cartography

When information needs to be shared, updated, or viewed collaboratively, we develop web-based GIS maps that are accessible and easy to use.

cartography mapping gis alpine forestry map

How GIS Supports Planning & Management

GIS reveals relationships that aren’t visible on the ground — how terrain, vegetation, infrastructure, and risk interact across a property or community.

We use GIS to:

  • Analyze forest structure and fuel patterns

  • Evaluate wildfire risk and defensible space needs

  • Support land management and conservation planning

  • Track change over time

  • Communicate complex information clearly

arc online alpine forestry map

A Practical Approach to Complex Data

We focus on producing GIS and mapping products that are:

  • Clear and easy to interpret

  • Directly tied to project goals

  • Appropriate in scale and detail

  • Useful beyond a single moment in time

Aerial Mapping image from Alpine Forestry. Mountains, lake, burn scar

Start With a Conversation

If GIS or aerial data could improve planning, coordination, or outcomes for your project, we’ll help determine the right approach and how it fits into a larger land management plan.

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