Browse the trees in your yard, on the block, or down the road…
Instructions:
- Browse: Scroll around the map by clicking a location and dragging the map to move to another place.
- Zoom: Use the (+) and (-) in the upper left hand corner of the map or double-click to zoom in.
- Search: Type in an address in the upper right-hand corner to find your house (include “Madison, WI” in the address)
- Select: Click on a dot to learn more about a specific tree
- Change the background: Click on the “basemap” icon in the center of the header to change the background imagery. Other options show roads, building footprints, aerial images, etc.
- View the Legend: Click on the legend to see what the map icons represent.
Attribute Data Formats:
This map is a combination of two data sets: (1) 5488 Trees inventoried on private property in the Atwood neighborhood and (2) 2590 street trees from the City of Madison’s street tree inventory. Depending on whether a tree is a street tree or a private tree, the data contained in the map will be in a different format.
The top image is an example of a private tree. The data fields include:
- FID: A number used for recording keeping.
- Genus: The scientific genus to which the tree belongs.
- Species: The second have of the scientific name.
- COM_Name: The common name used to identify the tree.
- DBH_Inch: The tree’s trunk diameter in inches “at breast height” (about 4 ft. from the ground)
- Ht_TP_FT: The height to the top of the tree in feet.
- HT_BT_FT: The height to the lowest branch on the tree in feet.
- CONTN: A rating of the trees health on a scale of 1-100.
- DIEBACK: The percent of the tree that is no longer living on a scale of 1-100.
The lower image is an example of a street tree’s information. Data fields include:
- FID: A number used for recording keeping.
- DIAMETER: The tree’s trunk diameter in inches “at breast height.”
- HCLASS: The height tree’s height broken up into 5 classes (1=0 ft., 2=1-15 ft., 3=15-30 ft., 4=30-60 ft., 5=60+ ft.)
- CONDRATE: A rating of the tree’s health on a scale of 0-1)
- Common_Nam: The common name used to identify the tree.