Drone Lidar Data from TERN plots across Australia

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

This dataset is a collection of drone lidar data from plots across Australia (AusPlots, SuperSites, Cal/Val sites to be established in the future). The aim of these drone surveys is to capture vegetation structure. The standardised data collection and data processing protocols developed in 2022 are based on the DJI Matrice 300 (M300) RTK drone platform. Lidar sensor DJI Zenmuse L1 is used with DJI Matrice 300 (M300) RTK platform to capture RGB colourised 3D point clouds. The data is georeferenced using the onboard GNSS in M300 and the D-RTK 2 base station. DJI Terra software was used to generate 3D point clouds from the raw lidar data. The protocols include flight planning and data collection guidelines for a 100 x 100 m TERN plot, and the processing workflow used on DJI Terra. Mission-specific metadata for each plot is provided in the imagery/metadata folder (please refer to the imagery collection). The Drone Data Collection and Lidar Processing protocols can be found at https://www.tern.org.au/field-survey-apps-and-protocols/ .

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Title Drone Lidar Data from TERN plots across Australia
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/3695ed01-1354-4e98-8195-c5c284045f2a
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery
Arko.Lucieer@utas.edu.au
Reference Period 16/05/2022
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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    [
      [
        109.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        158.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        158.0,
        -8.0
      ],
      [
        109.0,
        -8.0
      ],
      [
        109.0,
        -45.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "Drone Lidar Data from TERN plots across Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/drone-lidar-data-from-tern-plots-across-australia