The Gigavision camera system is multi-billion-pixel resolution camera system for recording ecosystem scale timelapse at a resolutions high enough to track growth of individual plants. Gigavision uses a computer-controlled 15 megapixel DSLR camera and 200mm lens to capture up to 300 images an hour over a 200° field of view for a total resolution per panorama of more than three billion pixels. The system is solar-powered, weatherproof, and can automatically upload images to an off-site server via 802.11 wireless or cellular networks. Applied in a phenological context, this system enables researchers to make daily or hourly phenological observations at a resolution sufficient to track phenology in all the plants in an entire landscape.
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