Browse the trees in your yard, on the block, or down the road…


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Instructions:
  1. Browse: Scroll around the map by clicking a location and dragging the map to move to another place.
  2. Zoom: Use the (+) and (-) in the upper left hand corner of the map or double-click to zoom in.
  3. Search: Type in an address in the upper right-hand corner to find your house (include “Madison, WI” in the address)
  4. Select: Click on a dot to learn more about a specific tree
  5. 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.
  6. 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:

  1. FID: A number used for recording keeping.
  2. Genus: The scientific genus to which the tree belongs.
  3. Species: The second have of the scientific name.
  4. COM_Name: The common name used to identify the tree.
  5. DBH_Inch: The tree’s trunk diameter in inches “at breast height” (about 4 ft. from the ground)
  6. Ht_TP_FT: The height to the top of the tree in feet.
  7. HT_BT_FT: The height to the lowest branch on the tree in feet.
  8. CONTN: A rating of the trees health on a scale of 1-100.
  9. 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:

  1. FID: A number used for recording keeping.
  2. DIAMETER: The tree’s trunk diameter in inches “at breast height.”
  3. 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.)
  4. CONDRATE: A rating of the tree’s health on a scale of 0-1)
  5. Common_Nam:  The common name used to identify the tree.