# Geospatial analyses for carbon and restoration land

> The land analyses Restoration Scope runs on a property boundary: forest cover history, forest types, canopy height, degraded land, terrain, and a one-run property screen.

Draw or import a property boundary and run an analysis on it. Each one answers a question carbon developers and restoration teams ask before they commit to land: was it forest, what grows there, where is it open, and how do the slopes run.

## Screen candidate land

Before you acquire land or start registration: was it forest, and what kind of land is it?

- [Forest Cover Analysis](https://restorationscope.com/analyses/forest-cover-analysis): Tree cover in 2000, loss from 2001 to 2025, and gain, for one property.
- [Land Structure Analysis](https://restorationscope.com/analyses/land-structure-analysis): Six kinds of land in 2020 across the property, with other land outlined for a field visit.
- [Preliminary Property Analysis](https://restorationscope.com/analyses/preliminary-property-analysis): Roads, buildings and water cut out, then terrain, canopy height and degraded land read on the rest. (Pilot. Its road data covers Panama.)

## Describe the starting point

What grows there, and where the open land is.

- [Canopy Height Screening (CHMv2)](https://restorationscope.com/analyses/canopy-height-screening): Canopy height at about 1.2 m, grouped into low, intermediate and tall, with low canopy outlined for a visit.
- [Degraded Land (Imagery)](https://restorationscope.com/analyses/degraded-land): Grass and bare ground mapped against trees and shrubs on recent imagery, corrected with your own points. (Pilot, tested on properties in the Azuero region of Panama.)

## Plan the work

Where to plant, and what to expect from each part of the site.

- [Terrain Aspect and Slope](https://restorationscope.com/analyses/terrain-aspect-and-slope): Area facing each compass direction, flat ground and four slope classes, from a 30 m terrain model.

## Questions teams ask

### What do I need to run an analysis?

A property boundary as a polygon, drawn on the map or imported from a KML, shapefile or GeoJSON file. The result is saved on the property, beside its other records and maps.

### Are these analyses enough to register a carbon project?

No. They are screening and planning steps that tell you where to look and what evidence to gather. A standard such as Verra asks for project documents, field data and its own eligibility checks.

### Where does the data come from?

From global datasets, regional extracts and models, and licensed imagery. Each analysis page names its sources with their resolution and dates, and links to the publisher’s own page.

### Can you build an analysis for our own method?

Yes. We work with science and geospatial teams to turn a project’s own method into a repeatable workflow, from a first prototype to a whole portfolio.

More: [Geospatial data layers](https://restorationscope.com/data-layers), [Custom geospatial workflows, built with your team](https://restorationscope.com/platform/geospatial), [Geolocation file checker for Verra projects](https://restorationscope.com/tools/verra-geolocation-file-checker), [What is dMRV?](https://restorationscope.com/blog/what-is-dmrv). Book a call: https://cal.com/bernat/restoration-scope-initial-call