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TERN Mitchell Grass Rangeland SuperSite Panoramic Photopoint Image Collection 

Ver: 1.0
Status of Data: completed
Update Frequency: annually
Security Classification: unclassified
Record Last Modified: 2025-12-02
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Accessed 10 times
Dataset Created: 2018-05-03
Dataset Published: 2021-09-17
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:
Grace, P. & Tucker, D. (2021). TERN Mitchell Grass Rangeland SuperSite Panoramic Photopoint Image Collection. Version 1.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. https://portal.tern.org.au/metadata/c61c465f-b70d-4a5a-b34d-489728ae766b 
High quality digital images are captured using a digital SLR camera at the plots (core 1 hectare vegetation plot) at the TERN Mitchell Grass Rangeland 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 Mitchell Grass Rangeland SuperSite is located at Rosebank Station approximately 11 km south-east of Longreach in Queensland. The site is arid tussock grassland with a variety of grass species including Astrebla lappacea and Astrebla squarrosa over black vertosol soil that supports sheep and beef cattle grazing. Traditional owners at this site are the Iningai people. For additional site information, see https://www.tern.org.au/tern-observatory/tern-ecosystem-processes/mitchell-grass-rangeland-supersite/ .

Five-photopoint images are also collected at the site. 
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 Mitchell Grass Rangelands site is located on a property currently managed by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (previously Longreach Pastoral College). Equipment and data collection are managed by Queensland University of Technology (QUT). 
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 

Near Longreach, Queensland
Temporal Coverage
From 2018-05-03 to 2021-05-19 
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
100 meters - < 250 meters
Instruments
Nikon D5200
Nikon D5600
Nikon D7200
Parameters
plant presence status
RGB values
vegetation community site context
Platforms
Mitchell Grass Rangeland
Temporal Resolution
Annual
Topic
environment
User Defined
arid tussock grassland
Core 1 ha
mgrl
TERN Ecosystem Processes
Author
Grace, Peter
Co-Author
Tucker, David
Contact Point
Grace, Peter
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
Grace, P; Tucker, D (2018): Vegetation Species List, Mitchell Grass Rangelands SuperSite, 2018. TERN Australian SuperSite Network
Mitchell Grass Rangeland SuperSite
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