Rangeland monitoring often includes repeat photographs as a basis for documentation. Whereas photographic equipment and electronics have been evolving rapidly, photographic monitoring methods for rangelands have changed little over time because each picture is a compromise between resolution and area covered. Advances in image sensors, storage media, and image-processing software allow enormous amounts of information to be collected efficiently and inexpensively, so multiple pictures taken at full zoom can be combined into a single high-resolution panoramic image. This project was initiated to integrate very-high-resolution panoramic images with conventional rangeland monitoring methods addressing three resource management categories: riparian areas, wildlife, and invasive species.
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1 November 2009
Very-High-Resolution Panoramic Photography to Improve Conventional Rangeland Monitoring
Mary H. Nichols,
George B. Ruyle,
Illah R. Nourbakhsh
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Rangeland Ecology and Management
Vol. 62 • No. 6
November 2009
Vol. 62 • No. 6
November 2009
auto stitching
digital photography
pasture
riparian
wildlife