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Tree Folio NYC


Zoom in to street level to load trees and buildings


Explore New York City to see the effects of neighboring buildings, time of year/day, and street orientation on the amount of shade urban trees provide. This digital twin of NYC’s urban canopy is based on the 2021 New York LiDAR Survey with additional information for the 2015 New York Street Tree Survey.


Left Click + Drag = Move Map

Right Click + Drag = Rotate and Tilt View

Left Click on Building Footprint = Load Building Model

Scroll To Zoom. Zoom in for individual tree locations.

Left Click on Tree Point = Load Point Cloud


Design Across Scales Lab - Cornell University

Tree Folio is funded and developed in collaboration with the Urban Tech Hub at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute

Portrait View

Tree Folio NYC

A digital twin of New York City’s Urban Canopy.

Tree Folio is a suite of tools to better understand and quantify the local impact of urban trees. Tree Folio extracts 3d models of every tree in NYC from publicly available, high-resolution LiDAR scans, simulates their local shading environments, and quantifies the amount and quality of shade they provide. The goal of the project is to develop strategies that are responsive to local needs and add up to have the maximum effect in mitigating climate effects for the future 'climate changed' city.


Left Click + Drag = Move Map

Right Click + Drag = Rotate and Tilt View

Left Click on Building Footprint = Load Building Model

Scroll To Zoom. Zoom in for individual tree locations.

Click on Green Circles = Load Tree Models

By the Design Across Scales Lab at Cornell AAP, supported and in collaboration with the Urban Tech Hub at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute

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Day of the Year :

Jun 21

Hour :

12:00 EST