Orthophotos of Bark Beetle Infestation in Gesäuse, 2018

Digital orthophotos document forest areas affected by bark beetle infestation in the Gesäuse region. The imagery has a 20-centimeter ground resolution and is available in both RGB and color-infrared (CIR) formats. The dataset is provided under a CC-BY-4.0 license by a cooperation of OGD Österreich and Wikimedia Österreich.

Use Cases

• Monitor forest health changes based on color-infrared (CIR) imagery.
• Assess the spatial extent of bark beetle damage based on high-resolution orthophotos.
• Support ecological management and intervention planning based on the 2018 imagery.

Strengths

• Imagery has a high 20-centimeter ground resolution.
• Data is available in both true-color (RGB) and false-color (CIR) spectral displays.
• The dataset is published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The last update date is unknown; freshness is unverified.

Provenance

Source

Cooperation OGD Österreich, Wikimedia Österreich

Collection Method

Likely derived from aerial photography flights, as indicated by the mention of flight dates in meta information.

Time Range

2018

Geography

Gesäuse region