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Samford Peri-Urban SuperSite 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 Samford Peri-Urban SuperSite 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 Samford Peri-Urban SuperSite was established in 2010 in remnant fringe eucalypt forest, near urban development in the Samford Valley. The upper storey is dominated by Corymbia intermedia, Eucalyptus siderophloia and Lophostemon suaveolens. For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/samford-peri-urban-supersite/ .

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

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Title Samford Peri-Urban SuperSite Panoramic Photopoint Image Collection
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/60e3940e-e7e2-4ecb-8af7-b3e9d470735c
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
pr.grace@qut.edu.au
Reference Period 06/01/2015 - 22/08/2018
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "Samford Peri-Urban SuperSite 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/samford-peri-urban-supersite-panoramic-photopoint-image-collection