Mapping trees has many legitimate use cases (fighting invasive species that kill the trees, mapping potential hazards from falling trees or where you may need t

Mapping trees has many legitimate use cases (fighting invasive species that kill the trees, mapping potential hazards from falling trees or where you may need to respond most after a storm, managing trimming trees, estimating runoff and infiltration etc). Deriving additional value from that data is hardly a case of trying to waste money.