Advancing Plant Biomass Measurements: Integrating Smartphone-based 3D Scanning Techniques for Enhanced Ecosystem Monitoring

This dataset accompanies the study "Advancing Plant Biomass Measurements: Integrating Smartphone-based 3D Scanning Techniques for Enhanced Ecosystem Monitoring." It provides resources supporting a novel approach to plant biomass measurement using smartphone-based 3D scanning. The following materials are included: Scaniverse.zip: Raw 3D scan data obtained using the Scaniverse app on an iPhone 15 Pro. These unprocessed scans represent the initial point cloud data as captured in the field. Scaniverse_clipped.zip: Preprocessed datasets where the raw point clouds have been clipped to the extent of the vegetation, removing extraneous elements using CloudCompare's clipping tools. This ensures a focus on the relevant plant data for subsequent analyses. Point2Voxel.ipynb: A Jupyter Notebook automating the transformation of preprocessed point clouds into a voxel-based representation. This pipeline includes volume calculation and other analyses. Additionally, a "Colab-ready" version of the notebook is provided to facilitate accessible execution and adaptation of the workflow. These materials, processed and documented under a CC BY 4.0 license, aim to foster reproducibility and wider adoption of smartphone-based 3D scanning in ecological research, enabling non-destructive, cost-effective, and high-resolution monitoring of vegetation structure and biomass.