DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11658041
title: Terrestrial LiDAR data from the SCATTER project

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)
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✓
 
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
✓