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TERN Great Western Woodlands Site Panoramic Photopoint Image Collection

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 21/03/2026

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High quality digital images are captured using a digital SLR camera at the plots (core 1 hectare vegetation plot) at the TERN Great Western Woodlands Site using the panoramic photopoint method. The panoramic photopoint method may be the most informative in open forests/woodlands and rangelands. Three photopoints are established configured in an equilateral triangle (2.5m sides) with the centre marked with a star dropper and the location recorded with DGPS. At each photopoint take photographic sequences in a 360° panorama, with up to 40 photographs with a minimum 50% overlap between consecutive photographs. For more information about the method, see White, el al. (2012) AusPlots Rangelands Survey Protocols Manual Version 1.2.9.

The Great Western Woodlands Site was established in 2012 in the Credo Conservation Reserve. The site is in semi-arid woodland and was operated as a pastoral lease from 1907 to 2007. The core 1 ha plot is characterised by Eucalyptus salmonophloia (salmon gum), with Eucalyptus salubris and Eucalyptus clelandii dominating other research plots. For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/great-western-woodlands-supersite/ .

Other images collected at the site include digital cover photography, phenocam time-lapse images taken from fixed under and overstorey cameras, five-photopoint images, and ancillary images of fauna and flora.

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Field Value
Title TERN Great Western Woodlands Site Panoramic Photopoint Image Collection
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/183a6ce5-a415-44aa-9851-ce62b926fab7
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
Craig.Macfarlane@csiro.au
Reference Period 10/12/2014 - 16/09/2015
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "TERN Great Western Woodlands Site Panoramic Photopoint Image Collection". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/tern-great-western-woodlands-site-panoramic-photopoint-image-collection