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Aerial photo-points
As ecologists, we often use photo-points on the ground to monitor changes in an area over time. Aerial photo-points from drones record the exact position, altitude, compass bearing and tilt of the drone camera for repeating images over an area.
The Living Water project were involved in a wetland restoration site at Miranda, where we captured several repeatable aerial photo-points.
![Drone-path-and-photopoints The drone flight path (yellow), photo-point locations and directions (red arrows) and example photo-point view (photo-point 4).](https://www.ecologist.nz/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Drone-path-and-photopoints.gif)
The drone flight path (yellow), photo-point locations and directions (red arrows) and example photo-point view (photo-point 4).
![aerial-point-4 Aerial photo-point 4 from the flight above.](https://www.ecologist.nz/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/aerial-point-4.jpg)
Aerial photo-point 4 from the flight above.