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Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation, Panoramic Photopoint Image Collection 

Ver: 1.0
Status of Data: completed
Update Frequency: notPlanned
Security Classification: unclassified
Record Last Modified: 2025-12-11
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Dataset Created: 2015-05-28
Dataset Published: 2021-09-16
Data can be accessed from the following links:
HTTPPoint-of-truth metadata URLHTTPTERN EcoImages REST APIHTTPTERN EcoImages PortalHTTPro-crate-metadata.json
How to cite this collection:
Liddell, M., Laurance, S. & Ishida, Y. (2021). Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation, Panoramic Photopoint Image Collection. Version 1.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/af786671-a10e-43ce-a0fd-9a406048006c 
High quality digital images are captured using a digital SLR camera at the plot (core 1 hectare vegetation plot) at the Daintree Rainforest Observatory 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 center 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 site is located at the Daintree Rainforest Observatory in Lowland Complex Mesophyll Vine Forest near Cape Tribulation. Flux monitoring was established in 2001 with additional monitoring capabilities added over time. The site has more than 80 species including canopy trees belonging to the Arecaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Rutaceae, Meliaceae, Myristicaceae and Icacinaceae families. For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/daintree-rainforest-supersite/.
Other images collected at the site include digital hemispherical photography, phenocam time-lapse images taken from fixed under and overstorey cameras, five-photopoint images, and ancilliary images of fauna and flora. 
Credit
We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
The site was established with Australian Research Council Infrastructure funding in 1998 and is managed by James Cook University. 
Purpose
The images are to be used where possible to supply images for analysis that produces 3D reconstructions to monitor change over time and provide an estimate of basal area and biomass. 
Lineage
Data not provided. 
Method DocumentationData not provided.
Procedure Steps

1. 

SuperSites Vegetation Monitoring Protocol: Photo-panoramas 

The Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation site is located about 120 km north of Cairns, Queensland. Vegetation within the site is classified as Complex Mesophyll Vine Forest (CMVF).
Temporal Coverage
From 2015-05-28 to 2015-06-01 
Spatial Resolution

Data not provided.

Vertical Extent

Data not provided.

ANZSRC - FOR
Environmental management
Forest biodiversity
GCMD Sciences
BIOSPHERE - VEGETATION COVER
LAND SURFACE - LAND USE/LAND COVER
SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING - VISIBLE IMAGERY
Horizontal Resolution
Point Resolution
Instruments
Apple iPhone 6
Nikon Coolpix L320
Parameters
plant presence status
RGB values
vegetation community site context
Platforms
Daintree Rainforest, Cape Tribulation, core1ha
Temporal Resolution
one off
Topic
environment
User Defined
Core 1 ha
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Panoramic Photopoint
TERN Ecosystem Processes
Author
Liddell, Michael
Co-Author
Laurance, Susan
Ishida, Yoko
Contact Point
Liddell, Michael
Publisher
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Karan, M. (2020). SuperSites Vegetation Monitoring Protocols v 1.21. TERN Australian SuperSite Network. Cairns, Australia. doi:10.4227/05/56134C1310F16
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