The application is made for Forest Department, Govt. of the Punjab for the enumeration of trees along linear plantation such as Canals, Roads, Head-works etc. The application will enable Forest field staff to gather complete tree information for record keeping and departmental use. Forest department focus on sustainable conservation and management of Forests (tree) through use of technology. The status of Forest resources of the province, in turn, is improving.
The linear plantation is trees planted along Roadside, Canal-side and Rail-side. Linear plantations is over 47041.02 km across Punjab. It consist of 10665.15, 2580.50 and 33795.37 km of road, rail and canal side plantations respectively. Tree species usually planted are Shisham, Kikar, Eucalyptus, Siris, Semal etc. Some ornamentals such as Jacaranda mimosifolia (Jacaranda), Cassia fistula (Amaltas), Bauhinia variegata (Kachnar), etc are also planted.