Published November 2024 | Version v1
Dataset Open

Terrestrial LiDAR data from the SCATTER project

  • 1. ROR icon Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • 2. ROR icon University College London
  • 3. Ancient Tree Forum
  • 4. Arboricultural Association

Description

The Scanning Ancient Trees with Terrestrial LiDAR (SCATTER) project captured ancient oak trees with terrestrial LiDAR across the UK to characterise and compare tree architecture.

SCATTER was funded by the Woodland Trust and led by UCL. 

Method

Trees were scanned in between April 2021 and April 2024 at locations across the UK (click on ATI numbers to see location). Scans were acquired with a RIEGL VZ400i terrestrial LiDAR where scan pulse rate was set to 600 KHz and angular resolution set to 0.04 degrees. Between 6 and 12 scan locations were used to capture each tree, depending on tree size and access. Individual scans were then merged and the resulting point cloud subsampled using a voxel size of 0.01 m.

Point clouds are stored in Polygon format and can be viewed in software such as CloudCompare. Each file contains a point cloud with the following fields.

Field Property
x, y, z 3D coordinates
nx, ny, nz psuedo-normal that shows direction to scan position
reflectance normalised reflectance values
deviation deviation from 
sp scan position number
label 0=surroundings, 1=tree, 2=supports

Licence and usage

This research was funded by the Woodland Trust Conservation Research Programme. By accessing or using this dataset, you agree to the terms of the relevant licence agreement(s). You will ensure that this dataset is cited in any publication that describes research in which the data have been used.

Additional data sets

Stem videos (10.5281/zenodo.12537511)

Videos of tree stems recoded on a Pixel 7 mobile phone. 

Insta360 videos (10.5281/zenodo.12543267 and 10.5281/zenodo.12580682)

Videos in an equirectangular projection recorded with an Insta360 camera.

 

Name Woodland Trust ATI number Sketchfab link Stem video Insta360 Comments
Balmaha Oak 2021 Sketchfab repo1  
Band Stand Oak 10961 Sketchfab   repo1  
Belvoir Oak 302 Sketchfab      
Birnam Oak 2422 Sketchfab repo1  
Bowthorpe Oak 142 Sketchfab repo1  
Burnham Beeches Three 7905, 7906, 7907 Sketchfab   Additional field where trees are labelled 1 (7906), 2 (7907) and 3 (7905)
Burnham Beeches lapsed pollard 7998 Sketchfab      
Cadzow Oaks

112895 and 112896

Sketchfab (Fire)

SketchFab (Entrance)

SketchFab (Fence)

repo1 112895 is named Fence, 112896 is Fire and Entrance is not on the ATI database 
Capon Oak 5320 Sketchfab   repo1  
Castle Oak 9998 Sketchfab   repo1  
Cathedral Oak 420      
Clachan Oak 2407   repo1  
Covenanters' Oak 257 Sketchfab repo1  
Crockmere Oak   Sketchfab    Fell in May 2024 (BBC news article)
Curley Oak 14536 Sketchfab repo1  
Darley Oak 12217 Sketchfab repo1  
Domesday Oak 43692 Sketchfab      
Druids Oak 5311 Sketchfab repo1  
Eddington Veteran Oak 96156 Sketchfab   repo1  
Gog Hatfield 132309 Sketchfab repo2   
Hero Oak   Sketchfab      
King of Limbs 20876 Sketchfab repo2   
Majesty Oak 2251 Sketchfab repo2   
Major Oak 1 Sketchfab repo2   
Marton Oak 23583 Sketchfab   repo2   
Meavy Oak 157634 Sketchfab   repo2   
Neil Gow’s Oak 2114   repo2   
Oak at the Gate of the Dead 195 Sketchfab repo2   
Oaks of Avalon 28798 (Magog), 28784 (Gog) Sketchfab   Additional field where trees are labelled 1 (Magog) and 2 (Gog)
Offa's Oak 1462 Sketchfab repo2   
Old Man of Calke 109 Sketchfab repo2   
Pwllpriddog Oak 77528 Sketchfab   repo2   
Queen Elizabeth Oak 4418 Sketchfab     captured with a RIEGL VZ-400
Signing Oak 8205 Sketchfab  repo2   
West Dean Oak 5915 Sketchfab     captured with a RIEGL VZ-400
Wyesham Oak 6908 Sketchfab  repo2   
Wyndham's Oak 6884 Sketchfab    

 

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