Description
IAS pilot - Observations of alien plant species using a vehicle-mounted camera system in Flanders (Belgium) is an occurrence dataset published by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). It is part of the Biodiversa IAS pilot project (2023-2027), that implemented the monitoring of invasive alien plants using a vehicle-mounted camera system in various countries across Europe. Specifically, the CamAlien camera system (Dyrmann et al. 2024) was mounted on a car to capture images of the roadside vegetation. Images from the cameras were processed with image recognition algorithms provided through Pl@ntNet (Espitalier et al. 2025). This dataset was published as open data for the IAS pilot project (funded by Biodiversa+) and the OneSTOP project (funded by Horizon Europe), with technical support provided by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO).
Version
2026-01-27
| Date made available | 27-Jan-2026 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO) |
| Geographical coverage | Flanders, Belgium |
| Geospatial polygon | 51.072,4.216, 51.072,4.983, 50.705,4.983, 50.705,4.216, 51.072,4.216 |
Thematic List 2020
- Invasive species
- Flora & fauna
Taxonomic list
- vascular plants (Tracheophyta)
Policy
- invasive alien species regulation (EU)
Geographic list
- Flanders
Technological
- image analysis
- fieldwork (observations and sampling)
- identification
VODS 2023
- Conservation and biodiversity
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