600335 Disclosed is a system for analysing a canopy of an area of a forest from LiDAR data. The system is comprised of a processor programmed to analyse a number of LiDAR data point heights to locate a peak that represents a tree top. The processor can then quantify a spatial uniformity of LiDAR data point heights within a number of areas surrounding a location of the tree top, wherein each area is substantially smaller than an expected size of the crown of the tree. The processor may then estimate a characteristic of the tree from the quantified spatial uniformity.
