EVIDENCE-BASED · BUILT FOR ARBORISTS
TelemetreeContinuous Tree Stability Monitoring
For arborists who want to grow their business. See how your customers’ trees respond to wind—and how that response changes over time.
0.01°
Precision
24/7
Continuous
BCMA
Credibility
The challenge
A snapshot can’t show a trend.
Visual inspections, sonic tomography, and resistance drilling reveal a tree’s condition at a point in time. They don’t show how its structural response changes as decay spreads or reaction wood develops.
Continuous monitoring adds the missing time dimension: evidence of whether a tree’s response is changing, between assessments.
The solution
Continuous visibility.
Meaningful signals.
A compact sensor at the root flare uses aerospace-grade motion sensing to track movement relative to the tree’s normal resting state. Local weather data puts every movement in context.
Ultra-precise sensing
Detect 0.01° of trunk lean—about a business card beneath a six-foot level.
Always-on monitoring
Track movement and changes in resting lean continuously, not just during a site visit.
Weather calibration
Automatically relate tree movement to local weather and measured wind speed.
Smart alerts
Receive an alert when tilt for a measured wind speed exceeds expectations for a healthy tree of that size and species.
Data-backed decisions
Your trees.
Your thresholds.
Your judgement.
Follow trends, capture weather events, and build a documented record of how each tree changes. Adjust default alert thresholds per tree for client risk tolerance and site-specific factors.
Use the signals to inform your recommendations for pruning, cabling, removal, or continued monitoring. Telemetree supports your professional assessment—it doesn’t replace it or guarantee safety.
Unprecedented sensor precision
Small movements. Meaningful measurements.
Subtle root-plate shifts demand extraordinary sensitivity. Telemetree’s sensor noise floor is ten times finer than a premium six-foot level.
0.003°
Sheet of paper
0.10 mm · noise floor
0.010°
Business card
0.32 mm · resolution target
0.127°
Three stacked dimes
4.05 mm
0.25°
Pencil
7.9 mm
Thickness equivalents calculated over the length of a six-foot level.
Data that drives decisions
The storm passes. The record stays.
Every tree develops its own historical baseline. Granular storm-event records capture peak swings and settling, so you can compare a new response with the one you’ve come to expect.
We provide the signals.
You make the final call.
If a tree’s response curve steepens significantly over a 60-day period, Telemetree flags a “significant stability change” and recommends a site visit. It’s a prompt for your professional assessment—not a replacement for it.
Continuous monitoring helps surface long-term structural changes between inspections, giving you a clearer basis for deciding what happens next.
How Telemetree works
From installation
to insight.
About the size of a computer mouse.
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Identify qualified trees
Choose high-value, historic, or heritage trees, or trees whose location carries a risk to safety or property. Residential properties, commercial campuses, parks and arboretums, transportation and utility corridors, and government facilities are all potential settings.
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Install & activate · about 20 minutes
Your existing crew affixes the weather-proof device at the root flare using common tools. Enter sensor orientation, trunk diameter, sensor height, species, and age group in the activation app. The device transmits data wirelessly to the Internet.
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Monitor & report
Access real-time data, alerts, trends, and weather-event records. Generate periodic assessment reports and share your data-backed recommendations with customers.
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Designed for minimal maintenance
The device and battery require no maintenance and are designed to last 2+ years. If a device is damaged or removed, an alert is sent.
FOR YOUR ARBORIST BUSINESS
Stability-as-a-Service.
A differentiated offer for your high-value residential, commercial, and government accounts—and a new recurring revenue line for your practice.
Recurring revenue
Each installed device creates an opportunity for ongoing income with minimal additional labor.
Your crew can install it
Use existing crew members, common tools, and a simple activation app.
A documented record
Support your recommendations with evidence of how each tree changed—and build customer trust.
A differentiated service
Offer ongoing stability monitoring alongside your existing assessments and tree care.
Faster client reports
Automated reports replace hours of paperwork with a 15-minute review and sign-off.
More proactive care
Earlier identification of compromised trees helps you schedule work rather than react to emergencies.
Getting started
A device you own.
A platform we manage.
01 · The device
Purchase and own one or many sensors to install and activate on your customers’ trees.
02 · The platform
We host monitoring software, weather-station integration, and analytics. Your monthly subscription is based on the number of active devices.
Standard training and product support are included. Volume discounts are available. You choose how—and how much—to charge your customers.
Discuss pricingResearch partners
Help us refine Telemetree through forward-thinking, scientifically valid research. Partners receive early access to device enhancements and platform features, plus pricing considerations, in exchange for leading collaborative research projects.
Explore a research partnershipThe science
Built on credible research.
Telemetree’s design builds on published, peer-reviewed work on wind-tilt response, root-plate stability, and tilt-sensor standards.
Research cited in our brochure: Detter & Rust (2013, 2018); Detter, Rust & Krišāns (2023); James, Hallam & Spencer (2013); Schindler & Mohr (2018, 2019); Moore & Maguire (2004); Rinn (2017); Wessolly (1996).
Our founder
Built for arborists,
by an arborist.
Jackson Chandler, an ISA Board Certified Master Arborist and owner of ArborAscent, founded Telemetree to bring advanced sensor technology into everyday arborist practice.
Personal integrity. Scientific credibility. Environmental responsibility. Our products are made in the USA.