Using unmanned aerial vehicles (uavs or drones) in forestry imaging and assessment applications

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to fly over a forestry worksite and capture imagery information with an image capture component;
• generating a set of slope metrics, each having a value indicative of a measure of slope at a different geographic location in the forestry worksite, based on the imagery information;
• and
• generating an action signal based on the values of the slope metrics in the set.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to fly over a forest site and capture site information with an image capture component;
• receiving the site information from the UAV;
• generating a firefighting metric, indicative of a terrain characteristic at the forest site, based on the site information;
• generating a feasibility metric indicative of a feasibility of performing a firefighting operation at the forest site based on the terrain characteristic;
• and
• generating an action signal based on a value of the firefighting metric.