Ephemeros for
Ecological Restoration & Rewilding
Prove your restoration project works — with a public, aligned photographic record.
Pick a fixed viewpoint
A “spot” is a documented frame — coordinates, compass heading and tilt — that anyone can find again.
Line up with the ghost
The previous photo floats over your camera so every capture matches the original framing exactly.
Watch change unfold
Aligned photos become a timelapse — and an open, research-grade record of how the place changes.
Every restoration project promises change: the clear-felled slope will reforest, the drained field will re-wet, the riverbank will knit together. Funders, volunteers and sceptics all ask the same question — is it working?
Ephemeros answers with a timeline. Establish spots before work begins (the baseline everyone will thank you for), then let staff, volunteers and visitors keep the series running. The aligned timelapse becomes the project's most persuasive artefact: saplings closing into canopy, bare peat greening over, a fenced exclosure diverging from the grazed land beside it.
Restoration series that work
- Before / during / after — spots placed at the start capture the full arc.
- Paired viewpoints — treated vs untreated areas from adjacent spots make the effect unmissable.
- Volunteer engagement — contributors earn points for approved photos, and a public list of your project's spots gives supporters a reason to return.
Your monitoring reports get illustrations; your community gets a story it can watch.
Data for researchers
More than pictures: every photo ships with its metadata
Alongside the aligned image series, the Ephemeros Researcher API exports the context each frame was captured in — ready for analysis, no scraping required.
Position & orientation
Precise coordinates, altitude, compass heading, pitch and roll for every spot and photo.
Meteorological context
Temperature, humidity, air pressure, cloud cover, precipitation and wind at the capture hour, matched to each photo's time and place.
Timestamps
Exact capture times — in-app camera only, so dates are trustworthy, not gallery-import guesses.
Aligned renditions
Photos registered onto each spot's baseline frame, each with an alignment quality score.
Dataset exports
Bulk ZIP exports per spot or region — original and/or aligned imagery plus a machine-readable manifest.
Moderated & attributed
Every photo is human-reviewed before publication, with content tags and contributor attribution.
See it in motion
Real spots from the Ephemeros community — each animation is built from aligned repeat photos.
Start recording change today
The best time to take the first photo was years ago. The second-best time is now — and every photo after that gets more valuable.
Spreading the word? Get the printable QR poster (PDF) for noticeboards, trailheads and meetups.
