The platform
A closer look at how Canopulse works.
The homepage is the short version. This page walks through the full workflow, the deliverables, the transparency, and who it is for.
Planning workflow
One workspace for source-grounded screening.
Canopulse is built around one job: move a team from public datasets to an inspectable tract package without hiding uncertainty or inventing certainty.
Canopulse operating view
UCRI tract evidence pipeline
01
Find the tract
Search by address, tract number, or GEOID and inspect the tract-level UCRI record.
02
Read the drivers
See which measured components are pushing the score and which are less dominant.
03
Create evidence
Open a print-ready screening report with confidence, sources, limitations, and next analysis.
04
Export the record
Move JSON, CSV, batch summaries, and source tables into planning and grant workflows.
Five weighted signals
0-100 percentile scale
The workflow supports screening and planning. Site-level feasibility, ownership, utilities, cost, regulatory review, and community input remain separate checks.
Inspect validationWhy this tract, not that tract?
Two real tracts. One transparent answer.
Pick any two published LA County tracts and watch the five components flow into each score. Same data the free explorer shows; same numbers the report package ships.
Report-ready deliverables
Exports that look like planning work, not screenshots.
The reporting layer is designed to make UCRI inspectable: score, rank, confidence, component math, raw indicators, source lineage, and limitations stay together.
Executive screening summary
Dominant drivers and weighted points
On-the-ground conditions
Historical comparison when available
Recommended next analysis
Method and source appendix
Reports support screening and planning. They do not determine final site selection, project feasibility, funding approval, parcel ownership, cost, regulatory compliance, or community acceptance.
Tract Priority Screening Report
5343.01
0.3% canopy
123°F summer LST
CES 99th pctile
Export package
Browser print-ready report
Batch rows and metadata
Stable tract object
GIS workflow support
Start with one tract or paste a whole study area.
Generate planning-support language, compare high-priority records, and keep invalid or provisional tracts visible instead of quietly dropping them.
Inside the package
Open the ZIP. This is what ships.
Real previews from a real generated package for Census Tract 2626.01. No mockups: the cover, the decision dashboard, and the cartography below are the actual deliverables.
- Canopulse_Report_<GEOID>.pdfEight-page screening intelligence report
- maps/ (3 PNG maps)County locator, neighborhood UCRI context, component choropleths
- Canopulse_Data_<GEOID>.csvGoverned schema, matches the explorer exactly
- Canopulse_Data_<GEOID>.xlsxOverview, data, dictionary, sources, methodology sheets
- Canopulse_Tract_<GEOID>.geojsonValidated tract geometry with UCRI properties
- README.mdContents, intended use, methodology, full source URLs
- manifest.jsonPackage ID, SHA-256 inventory, QA result
Every package is generated from the canonical UCRI release, validated by an automated quality gate, and inventoried with SHA-256 hashes before delivery.
Where Canopulse fits
How Canopulse works alongside existing tools.
Established tools each cover part of the picture. Canopulse brings the physical and equity signals into one screening workflow, then turns the result into deliverables.
Field comparison · capability matrix
| Capability | Canopulse | Tree Equity Score | i-Tree | CalEnviroScreen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tract-level screening score | ||||
| Combines canopy, heat, and equity | ||||
| Print-ready screening reports | ||||
| Source-grounded transparency | ||||
| Batch multi-tract analysis | ||||
| AI screening analyst | ||||
| Structured grant-evidence packages |
Canopulse does not replace Tree Equity Score, i-Tree, or CalEnviroScreen. It moves you faster from public data to a defensible, exportable screening report. Capability comparison reflects each tool’s public product; see their sites for full feature sets.
Transparent by design, not a black box.
Source-grounded
Every value traces to an official public dataset and vintage.
Confidence-labeled
Scores show how strong the evidence is, never false precision.
Reproducible
The formula is published and the method is open to review.
Canopulse does not replace Tree Equity Score, i-Tree, CalEnviroScreen, or urban-forestry consultants. It helps you move faster from public data to a defensible, exportable screening report.
Who it is for
Cities and counties
Consultants
Nonprofits and community groups
Grant writers
Researchers
Urban-forestry teams
Five layers, one index
Every score traces to official public data
Each block in the city is a tract. Pick a layer to morph the skyline, hover to read a block, click to send a pulse through the county.
Tract city · live
Tree canopy deficit
Validation and integrity
Trust is a product feature, not a footnote.
Canopulse separates completed internal checks from ongoing validation work so planners can understand both the strength and the limits of the screening output.
Integrity center
Audit status
Completed checks
- Published UCRI formula and fixed weights
- Formula reproduction against the frozen LA v1.0 master
- Source registry with dataset vintage notes
- Confidence labels for scored and provisional records
- Batch validation that keeps invalid inputs visible
In progress
- Independent review
- Outcome validation against external heat-health datasets
- Expanded geography runs outside LA County
- Longer multi-year heat and canopy robustness testing
UCRI is a screening index. It helps identify where to investigate first; it is not a final engineering, regulatory, procurement, public-health, or funding determination.
Why teams pick Canopulse
A map shows you where it is hot. It does not give you a defensible next step.
Most climate dashboards show one layer at a time. The hard part is turning canopy, heat, and equity data into a tract-level explanation a planner, grant writer, or council office can actually inspect and defend. Canopulse is built for that gap.
2,251
tracts fully scored
6
official data layers
100%
published formula